List of Egyptian mummies (royalty)


The following is a list of mummies that include Egyptian pharaohs and their named mummified family members. Some of these mummies have been found to be remarkably intact, while others have been damaged from tomb robbers and environmental conditions. It was not until Pharaoh Den of the first dynasty that things such as a staircase and architectural elements were added which provided better protection from the elements.
Note that if a photo of the mummy is not available, then a photo of their coffin or funerary mask will be used in its place.

Identified

ImageNameAliasYear of deathDynastyGenderYear discoveredShort summary
AatThe Great One12thFemale1892 1892Her fragmented remains were recovered from her burial chamber in the Pyramid of [Amenemhat III (Dahshur)|Pyramid of Amenemhat III] at Dahshur.
Ahhotep IIFemale1858 1858The mummy of Ahhotep II was destroyed in 1859.
Ahmose (princess)Child of the MoonFemale1903 1903–1905Princess Ahmose was buried in tomb QV47 in the Valley of the Queens. Her mummy was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli during his excavations from 1903 to 1905.
Ahmose IAmasis1525 1525 BC18thMale1881 1881Ahmose I's mummy was discovered in 1881 within the Deir el-Bahri Cache. His name was later found written in hieroglyphs when the mummy was unwrapped. His body bears signs of having been plundered by ancient grave-robbers as the head is broken off from his body and his nose smashed.
Ahmose-Henutemipet17th/18thFemale1881 1881Ahmose-Henutemipet was found in 1881 entombed in DB320. Her remains were found badly damaged, likely by tomb robbers.
Ahmose-HenuttamehuChild of the Moon,
Mistress of Lower Egypt
17th/18thFemale1881 1881Ahmose-Henuttamehu was found in 1881 entombed in DB320. Like Ahmose-Henutemipet, she was found to be an old woman when she died as her teeth are worn.
Ahmose-MeritamonMeryetamun17thFemale1881 1881Ahmose-Meritamon was found entombed in DB320. Like other mummies of the era, she was found to be heavily damaged by tomb robbers. An examination of her mummy shows that she suffered a head wound prior to her death which was the possible result of falling backwards. CT scanning in 2020 estimated her to be in her 50s at death. She had extensively hardened arteries and is suggested to have died of a heart attack. Her unusual pose is likely the position she died in and was mummified in it due to the onset of rigor mortis.
Ahmose-MeritamunAhmose-Meritamon18thFemale1930 1930Her mummy was found carefully rewrapped, which was determined to have occurred during the reign of Pinedjem I.
Ahmose InhapyAhmose-Inhapi17th/18thFemale1881 1881Inhapi's mummy was found in the outer coffin of Lady Rai, the nurse of Inhapy's niece Queen Ahmose-Nefertari. Her skin was still present, and no evidence of salt was found. The body was sprinkled with aromatic powdered wood and wrapped in resin soaked linen.
Ahmose-SitamunSitamun18thFemaleAhmose-Sitamun was found entombed in DB320. At some point she was moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo where she remains to this day.
Ahmose-SitkamoseSitkamose1533 1533 BC17th/18thFemale1881 1881Sitkamose's mummy was discovered in 1881 in the Deir el-Bahari cache. Her mummy was unwrapped by Gaston Maspero on June 19, 1886, where it was found to be damaged by tomb robbers. Sitkamose was about thirty years old when she died, Grafton Eliot Smith described her as a strong-built, almost masculine woman.
Ahmose-Tumerisy17thFemaleAhmose-Tumerisy was an ancient Egyptian princess of the late 17th Dynasty. Since her titles were "King's Daughter" and "King's Sister", it is likely that she was a daughter of pharaoh Seqenenre Tao and a sister of pharaoh Ahmose I. Her name is known from her coffin, which is now in the Hermitage Museum. Her mummy was found in the pit MMA 1019 in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
Amenemhat IIIAmenemhet III, Ammenemes III12thMale1888 1888Only fragments of burnt human remains were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara. These were examined by Flinders Petrie, who confirmed their owner.
AmenemhatSon of Thutmose IV18thMale1903 1903Amenemhat was a prince of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt; the son of Pharaoh Thutmose IV. He is depicted in the Theban tomb TT64, which is the tomb of the royal tutors Heqareshu and his son Heqaerneheh. He died young and was buried in his father's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, KV43, together with his father and a sister called Tentamun. His canopic jars and possible mummy were found there.
AmenemopeUsermaatre Amenemope0992 992 or 984 BC21stMale1946 1946While the tomb was discovered in 1940, his mummy was not found until the end of World War II. The mummy was found with various jewelry and two funerary masks which are now all displayed at the Cairo Museum.
Amenemopet18thFemale1857 1857The mummy of Amenemopet was buried in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache where it was discovered in 1857.
Amenhotep IAmenophis I1506 1506 or 1504 BC18thMaleHis mummy was moved sometime in the 20th or 21st Dynasty for safety, probably more than once. The mummy of Amenhotep I features an exquisite face mask which has caused his body not to be unwrapped by Egyptologists.
Amenhotep IIAmenophis II1401 1401 or 1397 BC18thMale1898 1898Amenhotep was found to bear a strong facial resemblance to his son, Thutmose IV. The wavy brown hair present on his head is "abundantly interspersed with white." It is estimated that he was forty to fifty at the time of death based on his worn teeth and greying hair.
Amenhotep IIIAmāna-Ḥātpa1353 1353 or 1351 BC18thMale1898 1898Amenhotep's mummy shows an unusually heavy use of subcutaneous stuffing to make the mummy look more lifelike.
Ankhesenpepi IIAnkhesenmeryre II6thFemale1998 1998Ankhesenpepi's fragmented skeletal remains were recovered from her pyramid in Saqqara.
Djedkare IsesiTancheres2375 c. 2375 BCMale1940sDjedkare's fragmented skeletal remains were recovered from his pyramid at Saqqara. He died aged 50–60 years and had a slim build. The bones were confirmed to be his through comparison with the remains of his known daughters and through radiocarbon dating.
Duathathor-HenuttawyHenuttawy20thFemale1881 1881
Henhenet11thFemaleHenhenet's mummy shows that she died in childbirth when she was about 21 years old.
Henuttawy CHenettawy21stFemale1923 1923–1924
HornakhtHarnakht22ndMale1942 1942
Hor AwibreHor1775 1775 BC13thMale1894 1894The mummy of Hor Awibre had been ransacked for his jewelry by tomb robbers and his unwrapped mummy was left in his coffin. The king was determined to have been in his forties at the time of his death.
Sekhemre-Wepmaat IntefIntef V1573 1571 BC17thMale1827 1827The coffin and mummy of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef were discovered in the 19th century by inhabitants of Kurna. The Priesse Papyrus was found inside his rishi coffin.
Nubkheperre IntefIntef VI1571 1568 BC17thMale1827 1827The coffin and mummy of Nubkheperre Intef were discovered in the 19th century by inhabitants of Kurna. A diadem or crown, some bows and arrows was found inside the rishi coffin.
Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat IntefIntef VII1568 1567 BC17thMale1827 1827The coffin and mummy of Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat Intef were discovered in the 19th century by inhabitants of Kurna. His sarcophagus contained the corrected nomen of this king as well as his prenomen, Sekhemre-Heruhirmaat, "which was added in ink on the chest of the coffin."
Kamose1550 1550 BC17thMale1857 1857In 1857, the mummy of Kamose was discovered seemingly deliberately hidden in a pile of debris. Egyptologists Auguste Mariette, and Heinrich Brugsch noted that the mummy was in very poor shape. The name of the pharaoh inscribed on the coffin was only recognized fifty years after the original discovery, by which time the mummy, which had been left with the pile of debris on which it was found, was almost certainly long lost.
MayetMiit2010 2010 BC11thFemale1921 1921Mayet's position within the royal family of Mentuhotep II is disputed. It is generally assumed that she was a daughter of the king as she was about five years old when she died.
MerneptahMerenptah1203 1203 BC19thMale1898 1898
MutnedjmetVarious1332 1319 or 1332 BC18thFemaleThe presence of an infant along with Mutnedjmet in the tomb suggests that this queen died in childbirth.
NaunyNany21stFemale
Nebetia18thFemale1857 1857
NeferefreRaneferef2458c. 2458 BCMaleFragments of human remains and wrappings were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Neferefre. All that remained of Neferefre's mummy were his left hand, a left clavicle still covered with skin, fragments of skin probably from his forehead, an upper eyelid and his left foot.
NefertariNefertari Meritmut1255 1255 BC19thFemale1904 1904Fragments of human remains were found in the looted burial chamber of the Tomb of Nefertari. All that remain are of Nefertari's mummy were its knees, which were found in the burial chamber, and were taken to the Egyptian Museum in Turin by Schiaparelli, where they are still kept today.
Nesitanebetashru21stFemale
Nubhetepti-khered13thFemale1894 1894Nubhetepti was 5 to 10 years old when she died.
PentawerPentaweret; Unknown man E1155 1155 BC20thMale1881 1881Formerly known as "Unknown Man E", a study suggests that Pentawer died by strangulation or hanging when he was 18 to 20 years old. Subsequent DNA analysis shows that the mummy was a son of Ramesses III as they both share the paternal Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1a and half their DNA.
Pepi IPepy2283 c. 2283 BC6thMale1880 1880Fragments of human remains and wrappings were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Pepi I.
PyhiaPyihia
Petepihu
18thFemale1857 1857Pyhia or Pyihia or Petepihu was a princess during the 18th Dynasty, and the daughter of Thutmose IV. Her mummy was reburied in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache along with that of several other princesses: her probable sisters Amenemopet and Tiaa; her niece Nebetia and Princesses Tatau, Henutiunu, Merytptah, Sithori and Wiay.
Psusennes IPasibkhanu1001 1001 BC21stMale1940 1940While his intact tomb was discovered in 1940, his mummy was not found until the end of World War II. The mummy was found with various jewelry, a silver coffin and a funerary mask which are now all displayed at the Cairo Museum.
Psusennes IIPasibkhanu II943 943 BC21stMale1940 1940Mummy found in the tomb of Psusennes I 1940. His mummy show signs of water damage, meaning that original tomb may have been inundated by the Nile which compelled a reburial of this king in Psusennes I's tomb.
Ramesses IRamses1290 1290 BC19thMale1817 1817
Ramesses IIRamesses the Great1213 1213 BC19thMale1881 1881
Ramesses IIIUsimare Ramesses III1155 1155 BC20thMale1886 1886
Ramesses IVHeqamaatre Ramesses IV1149 1149 BC20thMale1898 1898
Ramesses VUsermaatre Sekheperenre Ramesses V1145 1145 BC20thMale1898 1898
Ramesses VIRamesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun1137 1137 BC20thMale1898 1898
Ramesses IXAmon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset1111 1111 BC20thMale1881 1881
RaneferRanoferMaleRanefer's Eastward facing remains were found to be molded and painted in black, red, and green. The brain was left inside his skull as was custom in the early mummification process.
SenebkayWoseribre Senebkay1650 BC16thMale2014 2014The skeleton of Senebkay shows he was around tall and that he died at the age of 35 to 40 from multiple wounds, most likely sustained in battle.
Senusret IISesostris II1878 BC12thMale1890 1890Fragments of human remains were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Senusret II and examined by Flinders Petrie. All that remains of Senusret's mummy are his leg bones.
Seqenenre TaoSeqenera Djehuty-aa,
Sekenenra Taa
17thMale1881 1881In 2021, a CT scan of his mummy revealed that he died in his forties, possibly on a battlefield, while his deformed hands imply that he was possibly imprisoned with his hands tied. A reconstruction of his death suggests that Seqenenre was executed by the Hyksos king Apepi.
SesheshetSeshFemale2009 2009Sesheshet's mummy was found wrapped in cloth, and her sarcophagus appeared to have been looted. Robbers stole most of the valuables leaving the body parts behind.
Seti ISethi I,
Sethos I
1279 1279 BC19thMale1881 1881
Seti IISethi II,
Sethos II
1193 1193 BC19thMale1908 1908
Shoshenq IIHeqakheperre Shoshenq II
Shoshenq IIa
885 885 BC22ndMale1940 1940Mummy found in the tomb of Psusennes I 1940. His mummy show signs of water damage, meaning that original tomb may have been inundated by the Nile which compelled a reburial of this king in Psusennes I's tomb.
SiamunNeterkheperre967 967 BC21stMale1940 1940Mummy found in the tomb of Psusennes I 1940. His mummy show signs of water damage, meaning that original tomb may have been inundated by the Nile which compelled a reburial of this king in Psusennes I's tomb.
SiptahMerenptah Siptah1191 1191 BC19thMale1898 1898
SitdjehutiSatdjehuti17thFemale1820 1820Sitdjehuti's body was found in her sarcophagus wrapped in linin with golden mask, a heart scarab. The linens were donated by her niece Queen Ahmose-Nefertari.
TetiOthoes2333c. 2333 BC6thMaleFragments of human remains and wrappings were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Teti. All that remain of Teti's mummy are his arm and shoulder blade.
Thutmose IIVarious1479 1479 BC18thMale1881 1881
Thutmose IIIVarious1425 1425 BC18thMale1881 1881
Thutmose IVMenkheperure1391 1391 or 1388 BC18thMale1898 1898
Tiaa (princess)18thFemale1857 1857
TiyeThe Older Lady1338 1338 BC18thFemale1898 1898Tiye was found to be extensively damaged by past tomb robbers.
TutankhamunKing Tut1323 1323 BC18thMale1922 1922See: Tutankhamun's mummy
TjuyuThuya,
Thuyu
1375 1375 BC18thFemale1905 1905
UnasOnnos2345 c. 2345 BC5thMale1881 1881Fragments of human remains and wrappings were found in the looted burial chamber of the Pyramid of Unas and examined by E. A. Wallis Budge. All that remains of Unas's mummy are his right arm, skull, ribs and shinbone.
WebensenuVepansen18thMale1898 1898Webensenu was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 18th Dynasty. He was a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. He is mentioned, along with his brother Nedjem, on a statue of Minmose, overseer of the works in Karnak. He died as a child and was buried in his father's tomb, KV35, where there were found his canopic jars and shabtis. His mummy is still there, and it indicates that he died around the age of ten.

Disputed

The following entries are either previously identified mummies that are now in dispute or mummies whose identity is still in dispute. Over time through the advance in technology, new information comes to light that discredits old findings and beliefs. The mummies that have been lost or destroyed since initial discovery may never be properly identified.
ImageAssumed nameAliasDynastySexYear discoveredDescription
Ahmose-Nefertari18thFemale1881 1881Ahmose-Nefertari is assumed to have been retrieved from her tomb at the end of the New Kingdom and moved to the royal cache in DB320. Her presumed body, with no identification marks, was discovered in the 19th century and unwrapped in 1885 by Emile Brugsch but this identification has been challenged. When the mummy was found it emitted such a bad odor that it was reburied on museum grounds in Cairo until the offensive smell abated. If this is Ahmose-Nefertari, then she was determined to have died in her 70s. The mummy's hair had been thinning and plaits of false hair had been woven in with its own to cover this up. The body also had been damaged in antiquity and was missing its right hand. Despite the disputed attribution, the mummy was included in the 2021 Pharaohs' Golden Parade.
Ahmose Sapair18thMale1881 1881In 1881, a mummy of a 5- to 6-year-old boy was found in cache and identified as Ahmose-Sipair. This was disputed as Prince Ahmose-Sipair is always portrayed as an adult on the coffin of the scribe and other antiquities, thus the child-mummy cannot be his.
Akhenaten or SmenkhkareKV55 mummy18thMale1907 1907Uncertainty remains over the identity of this mummy as the young age at death is inconsistent with Akhenaten's reign. CT scans done in 2010 strongly suggest that the mummy may be Pharaoh Smenkhkare.
AnkhesenamunKV21A18thFemale1817 1817Assumed to be Ankhesenamun, as she is the mother of the two fetuses found in Tutankhamun's tomb. Uncertainty remains if the mummy found in KV55 is accepted to be Akhenaten. She is also known as mummy KV21A, after the tomb that she was discovered in.
HatshepsutKV60A18thFemale1903 1903In 1903, Howard Carter had discovered tomb KV60 in the Valley of the Kings. It contained two female mummies: one identified as Hatshepsut's wet nurse and the other unidentified. The latter of the two, was removed from the tomb in 2007 and identified as Hatshepsut by inspecting the mouth. These results have since been disputed from a 2011 study which cited a misplaced molar.
Beketaten, Nebetah or NefertitiThe Younger Lady18thFemale1898 1898This mummy was found lying in a side chamber of KV35. The body was extensively damaged by past tomb robbers which caused numerous holes. Early speculation was that the mummy belonged to Queen Nefertiti. DNA testing published in 2010 revealed The Younger Lady is a daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his chief wife Tiye and the mother of Tutankhamun. This report concluded that the mummy is likely Beketaten, or Nebetah. Despite the DNA results, Egyptologists such as Marc Gabolde and Aidan Dodson support the identification of this body as that of Nefertiti.
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I6thMale1881 1881A mummy was uncovered in 1881 by Émile and Heinrich Karl Brugsch in the black basalt sarcophagus of the burial chamber of the Pyramid of Merenre. The mummy is that of a -tall man, already in a poor condition at discovery as ancient tomb robbers had partially torn off its wrappings. The Brugsch brothers further damaged the mummy while transporting it back to Cairo.
Preliminary forensic analyses indicated that it belonged to a young man, with possible traces of his sidelock of youth still visible at the time of discovery. The identity of the mummy remains uncertain as Grafton Elliot Smith, who performed these analyses, observed that the technique employed for the wrapping was typical of the 18th Dynasty rather than the 6th. Re-wrapping of older mummies are known to have occurred, even during the New Kingdom, so that this observation does not necessarily preclude that the mummy be that of Merenre. The mummy has not been studied since and its identification remains uncertain.
Sanakht3rdMale1901 1901A mummy was uncovered in 1881 by John Garstang in the large mastaba K2 at Beit Khallaf. The mummy was over tall, which is considerably taller than the average of prehistoric and later Egyptians. The specimen's skull was very large and capacious. Although his cranial index was unusually broad and almost brachycephalic, the proportions of his long bones were tropically adapted like those of most other ancient Egyptians; especially those from the predynastic period. His overall cranial features, however, were closer to those of dynastic period Egyptian skulls. It was long thought that the mummy inside mastaba K2 at Beit Khallaf was Sanakht's, as excavations there yielded relief fragments bearing his name. However, some Egyptologists now regard this mastaba as the burial of a high official, prince or queen rather than that of a pharaoh, while others continue to support the first hypothesis.
SetnakhteThe mummy in the boat20thMale1898 1898The alleged mummy of Setnakhte has never been identified with certainty, although the so–called "mummy in the boat" found in KV35 was sometimes identified with him, an attribution rejected by Aidan Dodson who rather believes the body belonged to a royal family member of Amenhotep II of the 18th Dynasty. In any case the mummy was destroyed by looters in 1901, thus preventing any analysis on it.
Sneferu4thMale1950 1950Fragments of human remains and wrappings were found in the burial chamber of the Red Pyramid and examined by Dr. Ahmed Mahmud el Batrawi. The remains belonged to a middle-aged man and the wrappings were consistent with Old Kingdom mummification techniques. It is uncertain if these remains belong to Sneferu.
TetisheriUnknown woman B17th/18thFemale1881 1881No tomb has yet been conclusively identified with Queen Tetisheri, though a mummy that may be hers was included among other members of the royal family that were reburied in the Royal Cache.
Thutmose I or Ahmose Sapair18thMale1881 1881Egyptologist Gaston Maspero thought this was the mummy of Thutmose I largely on the strength of familial resemblance to the mummies of Thutmose II and Thutmose III. In 2007 though, Dr. Zahi Hawass announced that the mummy is a thirty-year-old man who had died as a result of an arrow wound to the chest. Due to the young age of the mummy and the cause of death, it was determined that the mummy was probably not of Thutmose I and the mummy could actually be Ahmose Sapair. Despite this, the mummy was included in the 2021 Pharaohs' Golden Parade.
UnknownQurna Queen17thFemale1908 1908The quality of the Qurna Queen's burial goods and the location of her grave near the valley of the kings have lead researchers to conclude that she was a senior member of the royal family. Damage to her coffin means her name is lost.