This detail of hieroglyphs is from the entrance to the rock tomb replica, one of the museum's most popular teaching venues. The replica is modeled on elements from several originals in the Beni Hasan desert in Upper Egypt.


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Coffins Related?

Two of our loveliest coffins, the coffins of Lady Ta'awa and the Priest Usermontu, date from the same time period, the 26th Dynasty (about 625 BC). They came to us separately, a decade apart, from different parts of the world.

Now, after partially translating the inscriptions, we believe this man and woman may have been relatives. Thanks to research in the Netherlands, we know that Ta'awa was from the Besenmut family, so named because many of the men were named Besenmut. The full title of Usermontu tells us that he is the priest Usermontu, son of Besenmut, priest of the god Montu, Lord of Thebes.

More work is in progress, but initial research suggests that these two may have been cousins.

by Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, MA

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