Royal occupationA sunken chamber in Amenhotep II’s tomb holds his sarcophagus, which— to the astonishment of the tomb’s discoverers—still contained the king’s mummy in 1898. Royal tombs ...

Scan of Amenhotep I’s coffin with mummy inside(Courtesy Sahar Saleem) It’s not every day that scientists have the opportunity to look inside the coffin of a ...

"We show that, at least for Amenhotep I, the priests of the 21st dynasty lovingly repaired the injuries inflicted by the tomb robbers, restored his mummy to its former glory, and preserved the ...

In order to bring Amenhotep’s likeness to life, Moraes first reconstructed his skull using data and images from his mummy. He then used data from living donors to approximate the dimensions and ...

However, while he may be among the most famous and well-studied pharaohs, Amenhotep III’s mummy is unfortunately in a sorry old state, having been damaged by grave robbers and humidity over the ...

The Egypt Museum also noted that the ornate encasement that the mummy has been in was decorated with "various scenes arranged ... understand the Mummy of King Amenhotep I without having to unwrap ...