Pharaoh Amenhotep I Facial Reconstruction from Egyptian Mummy

New scans of the unwrapped mummy of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep The First, have given us our 1st glimpse at what his mummy looks like, but what did the King look like in life?

PHARAOH AMENHOTEP I
SON OF AHMOSE I
DIED AROUND 1505 BC
APROX AGE: 35
1ST DYNASTY TO FULLY RULE
AFTER THE EXPULSION OF THE HYKSOS. HE FOUNDED THE WORKMENS VILLAGE OF DEIR EL MEDINA IN THEBES. AFTER HIS DEATH HE WAS DEIFIED & A FESTIVAL WAS HELD TO HIM IN THE VILLAGE BY CARRYING THIS STATUE AROUND ON A PLINTH. HIS MOTHER AHMOSE-NEFERTARI
RULED FOR A SHORT WHILE WITH AMENHOTEP I AS CO-REGENT. HIS MUMMY & SRCOPHAGUS WERE FOUND IN 1898 IN A ROYAL CACHET IN LUXOR. HIS MUMMY WAS WELL WRAPPED AND HAD A UNIQUE CARTONAGE MASK DRAPPED IN FLOWER WREATHS. IN DECEMBER 2021
Dr Sahar Saleem & Dr Zahi Hawass SCANNED AMNEHOTEP I MUMMY PROVIDING THE 1ST VIEW OF THE KING WITHOUT UNWRAPPING. THE SCANS REVEALED MUCH OF THE KINGS AGE OF DEATH, HIS BODILY FEATURES AS WELL AS HIS HAIR & TEETH. 30 AMULETS WERE ALSO FOUND INSIDE HIS WRAPPINGS.

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