The inner coffin of Ankhshepenwepet

The inner coffin of Ankhshepenwepet

The important festival singers in these groups including those in the Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom were in context translated as musical performers and cultural differences in religious rituals, entertainment for the deceased pharaohs were not limited to the pious but were also used in temples such as Hathor and Horus mentioned in stories of singers and dancers in ancient Egypt. The earliest pre-dynastic dancers come from the pottery of the Badarian culture from 5000 BC and the Naqada I and Naqada II cultures from 4000 BC. The Theban Tomb known as MMA 56 is located in Deir el-Bahari and is part of the Theban necropolis on the west bank opposite Luxor.

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The tomb features a lappet wig blue hair and a vulture headdress previously worn only by queens and goddesses. It also features a heart-weighing image from the Book of the Dead. Symbols of the spirit Ankh-e-Pen-Vepet hover above the tomb and below the tomb the mummy is first seen on the tomb Symbols of the spirit Ankh-e-Pen-Vepet are also present. Two groups of objects are also present four canopic jars suggesting that these jars are replicas of the canopic jars found in the tomb of Ankh-e-Pen-Vepet.

This tomb is the burial site of the ancient Egyptian woman Ankh-e-Pen-Vepet also known as Neb(et)-Imaouemhat who dates back to the 25th Dynasty. Ankh-e-Pen-Vepet was a singer in the court of Amun. and the followers of Shepenvepet I. Excavated by Herbert E. Winlock on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1923–1924. Inner sarcophagus of Ankh-shepenvepet Third Intermediate Period.

The singer of Amun Ankh-shepenvepet was buried in a tomb within the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri. Her mummy was completely stolen leaving no trace. Among the finds were small statues of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris an offering table and a replica of Ankh-shepenvepet's canopic jar. The tomb was buried in a crypt. Ankh-shepenvepet's body was removed but the tomb still contains the sarcophagus. The mummy was encased in an inner sarcophagus. The inner sarcophagus of Ankh-shepenvepet has a new shape developed during the 25th Dynasty. It is wider has squared shoulders and a larger head.

Inner coffin lid Ankhshepenwepet

The inner coffin of Ankh-e-Pen-Wepet has a new shape developed during the 25th Dynasty. It is wider has square shoulders and a large head and archaeologists have discovered tombs containing animal mummies used as religious offerings. Most Egyptian gods were associated with animals and animals were buried in special tombs to honor the deities associated with them. In particular they were mummified and used as burial offerings