A new home for mummies
Egypt, Local, 1/4/2006

"A new hall for mummies will open at the Egyptian Museum in a fortnight's time," said Zahi Hawass, Secretary- General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

The government noted that "The first hall contains the mummies of the Egyptian warrior Pharaohs from Sekhen-en-Ra to Ramses II, while the new hall will house the mummies of the high priests of Amun, Hawass added."

The government said "The priests of Amun saved the mummies of the great Pharaohs from being looted in the era of King Pinodjem II in the 21st Dynasty. They hid the mummies in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings," he explained adding "Forty royal mummies were found in good condition in this tomb.

"The new hall contains 11 mummies of kings, princesses and priests from the 20th and 21st Dynasties, including Ramses III, VI and VII, as weIl as Pinodjem Il and his wife Khenso," Wafaa el-Seddiq, Director of the Egyptian Museum was reported saying by the report "Khenso's mummy is unique in terms of the way it was embalmed and the hairstyle," she added.

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