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New Kingdom, Ramesside
This fragment of tan linen once formed part of the wrappings of Ramesses III. During the 21st Dynasty, his body was unwrapped, rewrapped, and reburied—moved from his original tomb (KV 11) in the Valley of the Kings to a hidden shaft tomb in the desert valley south of Deir el-Bahri. A recent CT scan has revealed that this king was murdered by having his throat cut.
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Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment of Ramesses III
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 20
Reign: reign of Ramesses III
Date: ca. 1184–1153 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, First Royal Cache (TT 320), Mummy of Ramesses III, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: 10.3 × 10 cm (4 1/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Object Number: 90.5.66
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