Mummy of Hornedjitef

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin.The embalmers have placed four packages inside his torso, probably his lungs, liver, stomach and intestines. He lived over a thousand years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great at a time when Egypt was ruled by Greek kings. This relates to power because only the royality and weather were mummified.

When ancient Egyptians like Hornedjitef died they believed they were setting off on a journey from this world to the afterlife. This coffin is decorated with images of gods and extracts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. This shows the power of the gods and that the mummified were ready for rebirth.