The Screaming Mummy and a Plot to murder the king Ramses 111

In 1881 eight anonymous mummies were  found near to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.  One of the coffins was found abandoned in the  corridor alone, whilst the remainder of the  mummies were in the burial chamber, there were no  inscriptions on the coffin  to indicate the man's name and the coffin had also been sealed down to prevent escape His ears had been pierced which is a sign of high birth or priesthood, yet his body was wrapped in a sheepskin, this is considered to be  a ritually unclean burial.

DNA tests have shown that it is the mummy of  Pertwere, the son of Ramses 111  whose mother Tiy a lower wife was found to be the main culprit instigating a death plot to murder Ramses 111. Tiy wanted her son Pertwere to succeed to the throne.

A  priest who practiced the arts of  magic created wax figurines potions and wrote magical spells , In ancient Egypt words were magical, and had the power to evoke the  of power  life and death. The spells cast against Ramses and the black magic did not kill him and unfortunately for the conspirators of this devious plot, their intentions were considered as deadly and as serious as an actual physical assault on Ramses, the magic invoked was as terrible a threat as trying to cut him down with a sword. Thirty conspirators of the harem were put on trial, they were sentenced to death and told to commit suicide in front of the court or in their cells, after their trial, ten judges also faced trial for having taken meals with the accused during the trials, they were condemned to have their ears and nose cut off.

After the detailed scan of Pharaoh's mummy, well preserved at the Cairo Egyptian Museum, they discovered that Ramses III's throat was slit through the spine, cutting the trachea, esophagus and large blood cells of the neck, according to scholars the Pharaoh was caught by the killer behind his back and slit from behind

The mummy of Pertwere hands and feet were bound together, and his face was distorted showing him screaming in terror, and his genitals had been sliced off.

Because Pertwere was not prepared for burial with the mummification process his soul  would be cast into the chaos of eternal death instead of the eternal life that  the ancient Egyptians craved,  it would be considered a just punishment  for trying to usurp his fathers throne . The other conspirators were burnt to death, as fire destroys the body so they would have no chance of an eternal life.

The Mummy of Pertwere is on display in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo. Recently Ramses body has been put through a scanner and it was discovered that his throat had been cut. An Eye of Horus amulet, representing healing and protection, was placed around Ramses III’s throat to help heal him for his afterlife