Pharaoh Ramesses I Whose Mummy Was Stolen And Displayed As A Freak Of Nature For 130 Years

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One would think respecting the remains of the dead should be self-evident, but it is not always so. It certainly wasn’t the case with the Pharaoh Ramesses I, whose mummy was stolen and displayed as a curiosity and freak of nature.

Relief from the West wall of a chapel of Ramesses I at Abydos, Egypt. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1911 – CC0 1.0

This unsettling case ended first some years ago when the Pharaoh’s mummy was returned to Egypt and respectfully placed at the Luxor Museum.

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