[SunkenCiv]

An Egyptian mummy preserved with a pained facial expression (above) could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of plotting the murder of his father, Pharaoh Ramses III, according to a new analysis. Recent examinations of the mummy, found in 1886 and now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, have helped archaeologists piece together a story of attempted murder, suicide, and conspiracy. [Photograph by Alex Turner/Atlantic Productions]

[SunkenCiv]

Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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[BenLurkin]

Looks more like a moaner.

[ClearCase_guy]

Lord Sutch, I presume.

[DieHard the Hunter]

There was a popular paperback book published a while back, The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, that speculated on the origin of this mummy, amongst other things, and promising tantalizing insights into the secret world of the Freemasons.

As I recall, their speculation was that the person mummified in this manner was one of the three Juwes who murdered Hiram Abiff, and that this murder happened not in the Temple of Solomon, but at a much earlier date, in Egypt. And that the mummy was screaming because he had just had his bollix sliced off as a punishment before being mummified alive (apparently, the mummy is actually minus his bollix, and the wound happened just before death).

The book goes on to make further leaps, drawing wild conclusions based upon creeping speculation. You can read more about it here.

Yes, I have a copy in my Masonic library, yes it was written by a pair of Freemasons, yes I have read it and yes I too am a Freemason. But no, I do not believe everything that other Freemasons have speculated upon. Few Freemasons do, and this would be an excellent example of one such work I take with a huge grain of salt.

In this particular case, the only thing that I can really agree with the authors on is that Freemasonry is an Antient brotherhood that has existed for many, many centuries.

May it long be thus, and may God preserve The Craft.