Talk:List of Egyptian mummies (officials, nobles, and commoners)

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More mummies I could add to the list (eventually)

Latest comment: 10 months ago3 comments1 person in discussion

Once I collect some more info about these mummies in various museums' collections, I might add them to the list, or anyone else who happens to be watching this article, please feel free too:

Chau Chak Wing Museum (Sydney, Australia):

Horus (male, 7 years old, Roman Period, c. 100 AD, Thebes, NMR26.1)
Mer-Neith-it-es (female, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC, Saqqara, NMR.29); already in the unknown list, could probably add more info to the list
Coffin of Meruah ~~(more info needed on whether mummy in the coffin is actually Meruah)~~
Coffin of Padiashaikhet ~~(more info needed on whether mummy in the coffin is actually Padiashaikhet)~~

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands):

Harerem (male, 45-55 years old, 25th-26th Dynasties, 722-525 BC, Thebes; AMM 23-a)
Sensaos (female, 16 years old, Roman Period, 109 AD; AMM 8-a); this mummy might actually belong in the other list for royalty?
Ta(net)kharu or Tadis (female, 40-52 years old, 22nd Dynasty, about 800 BC, Thebes; EG-ZM109)
Unknown man (44-55 years old, Third Intermediate Period or Late Period; 1076-723 BC or 722-332 BC, possibly Thebes; EG-ZM155)
Unknown woman (22nd Dynasty, about 817 BC, Thebes; AMM 17-b)

South Australian Museum (Adelaide, Australia):

Mummy of Nubian Priest (male, “died around the time of Christ”; A40322)
Renpit-Nefert (female, buried 2500 or 2400 years ago, Akhmim; A40016 or A40039)

— Fork99 (talk) 22:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Australian Museum (Sydney, Australia):

Theban mummy (female, Third Intermediate Period, about 1070-712 BC, Thebes; E19466)

Sources (some are museum websites, others are links to relevant books):

Chau Chak Wing Museum: [1] physical book
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden: I have a physical copy of a relevant exhibition catalogue, see User:Fork99/History library#National Museum of Australia for more details
South Australian Museum: [2], unfortunately very little or no information online on Google Search or Google Scholar for the Nubian Priest
Australian Museum: [3] [4] [5], physical exhibition catalogue

— Fork99 (talk) 22:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Coffin of Meruah (female) contains mummy of unknown woman, and Coffin of Padiashaikhet (male) contains mummy of unknown woman. Fork99 (talk) 01:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Qurna Queen

Latest comment: 6 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Should the Qurna Queen be listed here? While widely speculated to be royal its not proven.©Geni (talk) 18:28, 30 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Geni having read only the NMS article on the burial, I would probably add her to royalty :) Merytat3n (talk) 11:10, 2 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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