The face of Amenhotep I hadn’t been seen for 3,000 years... until now.
A CT scan of the head of Amenhotep I, which still has some of the pharaoh’s hair.The scans revealed 30 different amulets and a girdle made of gold beads adorning the mummy. They couldn’t find any indication that Amenhotep I died of a flesh wound or noticeable disease. The body had been mutilated, but the researchers suspect that was done post-mortem by grave robbers. The areas that had been hacked at were the neck and limbs—typical places for jewelry, the researchers noted in the study.
Saleem added that some of the adornments on the mummy were likely added by the later embalmers to address those hack marks made by grave robbers. Even several centuries after a pharaoh’s death, the ancient Egyptians still made sure their dead were cared for.
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