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Egyptian Mummy Exhibit Is Son Of Ramesses II
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 3-15-2008 | Lucy Cockcroft

Posted on 03/14/2008 9:01:05 PM PDT by blam

Egyptian mummy exhibit is son of Ramesses II

By Lucy Cockcroft
Last Updated: 2:48am GMT 15/03/2008

An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II.

The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer, but a hospital CT scan showed features so reminiscent of the Egyptian royal family that experts are 90 per cent sure it is one of the 110 children Ramesses is thought to have fathered.

The Bolton Museum mummy was thought for many years to have been the remains of a female temple dancer

Tests showed that the mummy had a pronounced over-bite and misaligned eyes, akin to members of the 19th Dynasty, and his facial measurements were found to be almost identical to those of Ramesses himself.

Experts believe that the mummified man died in his thirties between 1295 and 1186 BC of a wasting disease, likely to be cancer.

Chemical analysis also showed that the body had been embalmed using expensive materials, including pistachio resin and thyme, the preserve of priests and royalty. The story of the royal mummy was uncovered by a team from York University who were filmed carrying out the tests for History Channel series Mummy Forensics.

Gillian Mosely, the producer, said: "When the mummy was taken away for analysis we thought we were looking at a female temple dancer, we certainly didn't expect to make a significant discovery like this. It has been a very exciting and ground-breaking process.

"After conducting a series of tests, including a hospital scan, we are 90 per cent sure he is a son of Ramesses, and other evidence suggests he was probably also a priest."

The identity of the mummy, kept at Bolton Museum, Lancs, has been hidden because hieroglyphics on its sarcophagus suggested that it was a female temple dancer.

Historians now believe his body was placed in this coffin years after his death either by a grave robber who stole the original sarcophagus, or it was hidden by people hoping to protect it from thieves.

Mummy Forensics is screened tomorrow at 8pm and 11pm on the History Channel.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; exhibit; godsgravesglyphs; mummy; ramessesii
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1 posted on 03/14/2008 9:01:06 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
2 posted on 03/14/2008 9:02:04 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

110 children? Ole Ramses worked overtime.


3 posted on 03/14/2008 9:15:22 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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And without Viagra, you go Ramesses. ;-)


4 posted on 03/14/2008 9:23:16 PM PDT by doc1019 (God is in control ... not Global Warming.)
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To: blam
Nothing we haven't seen beflore.


5 posted on 03/14/2008 9:30:31 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
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To: blam
"When the mummy was taken away for analysis we thought we were looking at a female temple dancer [...]"

Metrosexual?

6 posted on 03/14/2008 9:34:44 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Conservative always, Republican no more.)
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Blam, you have the most dangdest interesting posts. I noticed that the guy has better teeth than I do......and I'm only 57!

FMCDH(BITS)

7 posted on 03/14/2008 9:46:59 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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BTTT


8 posted on 03/14/2008 10:51:54 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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Thanks Blam.
Experts believe that the mummified man died in his thirties between 1295 and 1186 BC of a wasting disease, likely to be cancer.
'Civ states that if an RC date is taken of the mummy itself, it will be hundreds of years younger.

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9 posted on 03/14/2008 10:59:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
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10 posted on 03/14/2008 11:55:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
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"An Egyptian mummy kept on display in a provincial museum for nearly 80 years has been identified as a son of the powerful pharaoh Ramesses II. The 3,000-year-old relic was thought to have been a female temple dancer,"

They'll be saying the same thing about Ronald Reagan, Jr. when they dig him up 3,000 years from now.

11 posted on 03/15/2008 6:36:00 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~***Just say NO to the "O"***~~~)
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WOW.

I’m “marking my calendar” to watch this! FASCINATING!!!

(Thanks for another great post!!!)


12 posted on 03/15/2008 7:37:20 AM PDT by bannie (clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.)
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Maybe he was a transvestite temple dancer. There is nothing new under the Sun.


13 posted on 03/15/2008 7:43:43 AM PDT by wildbill
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I wonder if Bill Clinton has asked for a private showing.


14 posted on 03/15/2008 7:52:59 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (feh)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

They think that Pharoh fathered 110 children? How did he have time for anything else?


15 posted on 03/15/2008 8:37:14 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Those in the national Republican leaderhip do the work of three men- Moe, Larry, and Curly.)
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110 ? Seems like a slacker to me. If I were the Phar’ I’d have 3 fresh ones brought to me daily from the time I hit puberty. In 20 years, presuming nobody had twins, I’d have somewhere in the neighborhood of 21,900 offspring.

It’s good to be Pharoah. ;-D


16 posted on 03/15/2008 8:47:42 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~***Just say NO to the "O"***~~~)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ramses II reigned for something like 76 years, so 110 children works out to one kid for every 9 months—but obviously many different women bore his children.


17 posted on 03/15/2008 9:54:41 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: blam

Amazingly, I’m writing a book called “My Mummy Was A Female Temple Dancer, But Then It Turned Out She Was My Dad”.

How the heck do you confuse a male and female mummy so entirely?


18 posted on 03/15/2008 10:01:39 AM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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It was tightly wrapped.


19 posted on 03/15/2008 10:02:18 AM PDT by bannie (clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

“Ramses II reigned for something like 76 years, so 110 children works out to one kid for every 9 months—but obviously many different women bore his children.”

Somewhere in the world a woman is having a child every 6 seconds. SHE MUST BE FOUND AND STOPPED!


20 posted on 03/15/2008 10:04:14 AM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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