KV55-Akhenaton: Reassessment of the anthropological literature and a novel facial reconstruction

Michael Habicht; Cicero Moraes; Elena Varotto; Veronica Papa; Isabella Aquila; Pietrantonio Ricci; Francesco M Galassi

KV55-Akhenaton: Reassessment of the anthropological literature and a novel facial reconstruction

Michael Habicht, Cicero Moraes, Elena Varotto, Veronica Papa, Isabella Aquila, Pietrantonio Ricci, Francesco M Galassi

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor-West, Egypt) was discovered in January 1907 by Edward R. Ayrton in the service of Theodore M. Dovis. It turned out to be on undecorated tomb with a strange assemblage of material from the mid-18th dynasty and the Amorna period. The material found there belonged to several people and some material was altered for a secondory burial. A wooden coffin, gilded and richly decorated with gold cloisonne-inloys. Inside lied a mummy, which decoyed to dust and bones during the excavation due to damage caused by humidity in the tomb. After a first inspection by doctors, present in the Valley, Davis believed that he found a female mummy and the secondary burial of Queen Tyje.

Original language	English
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021
Event	Anatomical Society Meeting: #AnatSocSummer21 - University of Glasgow (Host) - Virtual online, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Jul 2021 → 9 Jul 2021

Conference

Conference	Anatomical Society Meeting
Abbreviated title	#AnatSocSummer21
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	7/07/21 → 9/07/21

Keywords

Conference poster
Akhenaton
Forensic face reconstruction
forensic science
Egyptology
anthropology
KV 55 Skeleton
KV 55
Valley of the Kings
Pharaoh
Ancient Egypt

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KV55-Akhenaton: Reassessment of the anthropological literature and a novel facial reconstruction

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