Mummy of Prince Amenemhat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The mummified body of prince Amenemhat shows that he died prematurely as a young child. He is believed to have lived during the first part of Dynasty 18. His original burial was robbed in ancient times and his mummy was reburied in a simple child’s coffin from a later era (19.3.207a, b). The coffin is inscribed with what is assumed to be his name, Amenemhat, and the title "king of Upper and Lower Egypt," presumed to be an error for "king’s son." Prince Amenemhat’s mummy is not on view and rests inside his closed coffin (which is displayed in gallery 130).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art