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Henutmehyt
Sign in to saveHenutmehyt was the name of a Theban priestess of ancient Egypt, who lived during the 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC. The excessive use of gold, and the high quality and detail of her coffins indicates that Henutmehyt was a wealthy woman.
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- The coffins of Henutmehyt at the British Museum.
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Henutmehyt was the name of a Theban priestess of ancient Egypt, who lived during the 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC. The excessive use of gold, and the high quality and detail of her coffins indicates that Henutmehyt was a wealthy woman.
==Funerary equipment== Henutmehyt was buried in a set of gilded coffins and a two-part gilded mummy-cover made of cedar of Lebanon and sycomore, which are now in the British Museum.The outer coffin is only partly gilded (yellow paint has been applied to mimic gold on the lower part of the lid). On the front of the coffin, the Sky-Goddess Nut spread her wings. The four sons of Horus, Isis and Nephthys occupy the compartments in the lower part of the lid. Grains of wheat and barley have been found embedded in the resin on the underside of the coffin. The reddish color of the mummy-cover could be due to tarnishing.
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