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Digital Unwrapping of the Mummy of King Amenhotep I (1525–1504 BC) Using CT

Sahar N. Saleem and Zahi Hawass

“The mummy of King Amenhotep I (18th Dynasty c.1525–1504 BC) was reburied by the 21st Dynasty priests at Deir el-Bahari Royal Cache. In 1881 the mummy was found fully wrapped and was one of few royal mummies that have not been unwrapped in modern times. We hypothesized that non-invasive digital unwrapping using CT would provide insights on the physical appearance, health, cause of death, and mummification style of the mummy of King Amenhotep I. We examined the mummy with CT and generated two- and three-dimensional images for the head mask, bandages, and the virtually unwrapped mummy. CT enabled the visualization of the face of Amenhotep I who died around the age of 35 years. The teeth had minimal attrition. There was no CT evidence of pathological changes or cause of death. The body has been eviscerated via a vertical left flank incision. The heart is seen in the left hemithorax with an overlying amulet. The brain has not been removed. The mummy has 30 amulets/jewelry pieces including a beaded metallic (likely gold) girdle. The mummy suffered from multiple postmortem injuries likely inflicted by tomb robbers that have been likely treated by 21st Dynasty embalmers. These included fixing the detached head and neck to the body with a resin-treated linen band; covering a defect in the anterior abdominal wall with a band and placing two amulets beneath; placement of the detached left upper limb beside the body and wrapping it to the body. The transversely oriented right forearm is individually wrapped, likely representing the original 18th Dynasty mummification and considered the first known New Kingdom mummy with crossed arms at the chest. The head mask is made of cartonnage and has inlaid stone eyes. The digital unwrapping of the mummy of Amenhotep I using CT sets a unique opportunity to reveal the physical features of the King non-invasively, understand the mummification style early in the 18th Dynasty, and the reburial intervention style by 21st Dynasty embalmers. This study may make us gain confidence in the goodwill of the reburial project of the Royal mummies by the 21st dynasty priests.”

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Hab Haker: Haker Feast of Osiris

Ka-Hor-Ka 25-30  -  November 10-14

During the Egyptian month of Ka-Hor-Ka the Nile floodwaters finally receded, marking the start of the planting season. Planting was associated with death because seeds, like the dead, had to be buried in order to sprout to new life. Festivals throughout Egypt incorporated the themes of tilling the earth and the journey to the Underworld, such as the Feast of Sokar, which honored the chthonic Lord of Rosetau. But Egypt’s festival of the dead par excellence was the Haker Feast of Osiris, celebrated at his center of worship in Abydos. Each year, pilgrims from all over the country converged to commemorate Osiris’ death and resurrection through processions and re-enactments.

Abydos, or Abju in the Egyptian language, was one of the most sacred cities of ancient Egypt. In the beginnings of their recorded history it was a burial ground for kings; starting about the 5th Dynasty it became the center of worship for Osiris, “Lord of Abju, Foremost of the Westerners [the blessed dead]”. While there is some scholarly debate on the particulars of the Haker Feast, what we do know today comes largely from the memorial monuments of officials who went on pilgrimage to Abydos as envoys of the ruling pharaoh.

The parades were led by a masked priest or standard-bearer representing the jackal god Wepwawet, “Opener of the Ways”. In local Abydos tradition, Wepwawet was a son of Osiris and as part of the Haker Feast he “defended his father” in mock battle with the enemies of Osiris. “The way” thus opened, Osiris could then proceed.

The icon statue of Osiris would then be led out from the temple, along a route through the cemetary of Abydos. Scores of stelae (tablets) and votive statues have been found along this route, where ancient Egyptians hoped to participate spiritually in Osiris’ celebration. Part of the procession also included the “god’s boat-journey” in a portable ceremonial boat, called the Neshmet barque. Osiris’ icon was taken to a tomb shrine, probably the tomb of the First Dynasty King Djer, where priests performed funerary and other secret rites throughout the night culminating in the raising of a ‘Djed’ pillar symbolizing the backbone of Osiris. Meanwhile, citizens participated in a mock trial of Osiris’ enemies, who were then 'executed’ at the riverbank. 

It’s quite possible that celebrants at the Haker Feast stayed up all night to observe Osiris’ vigil, although the rites at Poqer were conducted by only the higher echelons of priests. We do know from some records that Osiris was “transfigured” and given the “crown of justification”; perhaps a variant of the funeral rites were re-enacted on the oracle statue. The next day, the icon statue was returned through the city on his Neshmet barque, back to the main temple of Abydos: Osiris, restored from death to eternal life, making a triumphant return to the temple amidst rejoicing crowds.

Egyptians hoped to participate in the Haker Feast, either by a pilgrimage during their lifetimes or by leaving votive memorials along the parade route, because Osiris’ symbolic defeat of death meant the promise of resurrection for the common person as well. Offerings made to Osiris were placed afterwards in the chapels of Abydos’ cemetary, and scores of inscriptions from noblemen express the wish that they could share in his bounty of offerings. When 19th-Dynasty pharaoh Seti I had another temple built in Abydos, his famous Kings List was actually part of an elaborate offering inscription dedicated to all the kings who had come before. Unfortunately, because Tutankhamun’s name had been usurped from monuments shortly after his death, his name was left out of the Abydos Kings List. Famous as he is today, though, their attempts to exclude Tutankhamun from Osiris’ blessings were ultimately for naught.

Sources:

“Following the Sun: A Practical Guide to Egyptian Religion”, by Sharon LaBord. 

http://kemetic-independent.awardspace.us/Osiris.htm

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