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56c: A Royal Funeral
How to Bury a King. Around 1530 BCE, King Ahmose I died. With his death and burial, the Second Intermediate Period ended and the New Kingdom began. We explore the funeral of a truly great monarch...
- Date c. 1530 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:
- Emily Teeter. Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt. 2011.
- Steven Snape. Ancient Egyptian Tombs: the Culture of Life and Death. 2011. Google Books.
- Aidan Dodson. “The Burials of Ahmose I” in Studies in Honor of Kent R. Weeks. 2010.
- Edward F. Wente. “Who Was Who Among the Royal Mummies.” 1995. Read for Free Here. Follow-up discussion by the same author here.
- University College London website – The Opening of the Mouth.
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Published on 10 years ago