Thanks Lostris!!

Nice to hear about you again, Tutness!

Just curious, but have any of you considered the mummy that is now identified as Amenhotep III as a candidate?

You can find information about this mummy at this website:


The mummy is apparently quite unique. It is packed with resins in a manner not seen again until the 21st dynasty. The mummy dates to roughly the right period (it seems).

The shroud and some bandages are clearly marked Amenhotep III, but there is so much confusion concerning these mummies that it might at the very least be fun to look at this one more closely

Don't worry, tutness, I haven't had bunny for dinner since I was in the army, and that was more than 20 years ago. I have no desire to eat rabbit--they're so cute!--but when you're in the service, you eat what they give you or you go hungry. I was a combat medic, by the way...and I consider myself very fortunate that I never saw any actual combat. But I was an EMT with the ambulence for a while, and I saw more than enough blood there.

Enough of that.

I like Merytre-Hatshepsut's suggestion that the mummy identified as Amunhotep III may stand a chance as Akhenaten. The truth is, there is still a good deal of contention over this mummy and some believe it is not Amunhotep III. That might redefine what we know about this great pharaoh, then, because these human remains reveal a man who was obese and quite unhealthy. It might also, then, redefine the possibility of Amunhotep III's being fit and healthy enough do have fathered Tut, depending on how you view the co-regency debate.

Interesting post, Merytre-Hatshepsut.

Interesting, Merytre-Hatshepsut... I think it can be Akhenaten. It says: "Its had has broken off, the back had been broken, and the entire front wall of the body was missing". Well, I was thinking about how did Amenhotep III die, but I had to realize that there was no murder at all. Or maybe only I don't know... :Đ Anyway I heard somewhere that Akhenaten murdered himself... that info should pass his story. So tragic - his changes failed, everyone is against him... Like Hitler (OK, that was a bad joke - just think I didn't write it down...) But his neck? May he used a rope like Judas? (It's going to be weirder and weirder - first Hitler, than Judas... ) I don't think that so. If he murdered himself, he should use poison. But anyway, I never belived that theory that Akhenaten murdered himself. What do you think, guys?

I think Akhenaten is as same as Tiye for the first look. If we look at the queen's statues' face, and then Amenhotep III's we can say only Akhenaten's eyes are the sames as his father. And in that case: I think not a royal family member did it, if it was really a murder. The next ruler after Akhenaten was Tutankhamen, and when Tut started his rule, he was about 8, so it would be weird if he killed his dad. I think not Ay neither Horemheb did it, because they could do it during king Tut's rule, but that child ruled Egypt for 9-10 years. If Ay and Horemheb really wanted to kill him, they could to it more quicklier. And, Tut died with an accident, not a murder, as I heard. Yes they'd have a reason - both Ay and Horemheb. But when pharaoh Ay died, he was a really old man so I prefer the natural death in that case, too. But you know the story of that Hittite prince who died on the way to Ankhesenamen - maybe Ay's or Horemheb's slaves killed him? Are they murderers?.... Interesting. But that's another topic, as well.