"Tattoos" .. Egyptian mummy reveal the status of Pharaonic woman


The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Wednesday that the mummy found in Luxor is likely to be a very important lady, but it has not yet been given its name or function.
The colors of the flowers, which were painted on her body, varied between lotus flowers, cows, baboons, and the eye of Horus.

It is believed that the diversity of these objects and their widespread use on the woman's body was due to the desire to show the high religious role she may have played in her life.

The head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mustafa Waziri, said that the fishes found on other mummies are only small dots or lines, but this mummy is characterized by drawings of objects of reality illustrated in an unprecedented manner.

The French Archaeological Mission of the French Archeology Institute, which operates the monastery of the city, examined one of the mummies known as "tattoos", which was found during excavations in the village of workers in the city's monastery in the western bank in Luxor in 2014.

The mummy is unique in spreading about 30 tattooed parts of her body, including the neck, back, shoulder and arms.

Studies have revealed that they belong to a woman who is likely to have lived between 1300 and 1070 BC and was 25 to 34 years old at the time of death.

Vaziri confirmed that the mission's French team used the latest techniques from infrared radiation to reveal the details of these charges.

The mummy is now kept in a graveyard that is kept in the same environmental conditions since its burial 3,000 years ago.