Pharaonic mummy are important lady – El Universal

Spanish archaeologists have discovered the Mummy Sattjeni , noblewoman that it was “the custodian of dynastic blood” in the Egyptian city of Aswan, said today the head of the mission, Alejandro Jimenez.

the mummy Sattjeni, “daughter, wife and mother of governors,” said Jimenez, was found in two wooden sarcophagi in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, in the Valley of the Nobles, which excavates the Spanish team since 2008.

This lady dynasty XII Middle Kingdom was the mother of the main governors of Elephantine, Heqaib III and Amaney-Seneb, who led the area between 1810 and 1790 BC

the director of Egyptian Antiquities Mahmoud Afifi, said today in a statement that Sattjeni was also a daughter of the emir Sarenput II and ” one of the leading personalities of the time. “

for Jimenez, -made the importance of the March 5 but not announced until today finding is that this family was” just below the Pharaoh ” Amenemhat III (1800-1775 a. C.) in the hierarchy of Aswan.

The mummy’s face is covered by a painted and made of “cartonage” which is a mixture of plaster bandages and explained the Spanish archaeologist mask.

the sarcophagi, cedar of Lebanon, are carved and have hieroglyphic writings which identified a Sattjeni and date the grave.

the inner coffin is in “good condition” added in his statement the head of Egyptian Antiquities.

the mission of the University of Jaen led by Jimenez works since 2008 in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, excavations that have given “good results”.

Among the findings highlighted the oldest breast cancer case in the remains of a woman dating from the end of the sixth Pharaonic dynasty (year 2,200 BC).

These excavations are gradually shedding light on the ruling of Elephantine family during this period and about the inner workings of these dynasties of provincial governors.

the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa is located in front of the modern city of Aswan , about a thousand kilometers south of Cairo, and it has found the Spanish mission along different campaigns around 60 tombs carved into the rock of the hill.

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