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Material : Mummy
Found in : The Cachette in Deir Al-bahari (db 320) (1881)
Period : NEW KINGDOM
Reign of : Amenhotep I
Dynasty: XVIII
Belonged_to: Amenhotep I (Amenophis I)
Excavation : The Egyptian Antlquities Service
This mummy belongs to Pharaoh Amenhotep I , the second king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who met his death in 1504 . Depending on the realization that every thing after death came to life again , the Ancient Egyptians hold the belief that there is a life after death and therefore the mummification of dead bodies was inevitable . Notably , mummification symbolizes the fear of the Ancient Egyptians had of death and answers their eager desire for immortality . Such elaborate burial practices of Ancient Egyptians suggest that the Egyptians began early to make plans for their death out of their great love of life .
The mummy of Amenhotep I (also known as Amenophis I) was found in the cachette (DB 320) in Deir al Bahari (in Luxor) by the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1881 . There are a number of labels recording the different stages the mummy passed through . It was restored twice: once during the reign of Smendes (of the Twenty-first Dynasty) and the other under the reign of Siamun (the sixth king of the Twenty-first Dynasty) . It was Sheshonq I who placed the mummy in the cachette . Most admired is the coffin in which the mummy rests: it is modeled on the life-sized proportions , showing the deceased wearing a dark headdress with a copra at his forehead as symbol of protection against evil influences . Highly artistic are the realistically-portrayed facial features that are masterly highlighted . The beauty of the deceased's face is made more intense by the eye black outlining the eyes .
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