Monday, November 24, 2014

LUXOR, EGYPT—The mummy of a wealthy woman whose sarcophagus had been trapped under a collapsed roof has been recovered from the necropolis below the temple of Pharaoh Thutmosis III (1490-1436 B.C.). “A large boulder, which had fallen down before the tomb was looted, had crushed and buried a previously untouched coffin with all its content,” Myriam Seco Álvarez, director of the Thutmosis III Temple Project, told Discovery News. “She still wore the marvelous jewelry that was attached during the process of mummification.” The jewelry includes a necklace of semiprecious stones and gold plates with a golden shell pendant; two golden arm bangles; and very worn silver ornaments on both ankles. To read about tattooing during the Middle Kingdom, see "Faience Bowl and Figurine."