Seeking a Family: Maiherpri’s Mysterious Mummy and His Unique Tomb

December 6, 2023 351.6K views
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Searching for a Family: The Mysterious Mummy of Maiherpri and His Special Tomb | Ancient Origins

TOP Maiherpri’s black and gold sarcophagus (top right) and canopic chest (top left) from KV36. ABOVE The base and lid of the gilded wooden coffin were found upside-down in the looted tomb, outside the sarcophagus.

opposite Maiherpri depicted in his Book of the Dead papyrus. above The Valley of the Kings with KV36 (marked in white) seen just south of the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35). A square cover replaces the circular surrounding wall seen in the earlier images below.