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[[Image:Maiherperi2.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Mummy of Maiherpri]]
The [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] noble '''Maiherperi''' was buried in the [[Valley of the Kings]], in tomb [[KV36]]. He probably lived during the rule of [[Thutmose IV]], and received the honour of a burial in the [[Valley of the Kings]], the royal [[necropolis]]. His name can be translated as ''Lion of the Battlefield'',<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.104 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref>. Amongst his titles were ''Child of the Nursery'' and ''Royal Fan-Bearer of the Right Hand Side''. There is speculation that the first title signified that he grew up in the royal nursery as a prince of a [[vassal]] territory, or perhaps was the son of a lesser wife or concubine of the pharaoh.<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.106 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref> He was among the first during the [[New Kingdom]] to hold the second title, and was literally true in that he was by the pharaoh's side, likely as an advisor or bodyguard.<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.104 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref> This same title was also used to denote the [[Viceroy]]s of [[Kush]] later in the New Kingdom.<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.104 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref>
==Tomb of Maiherpri==
In Maiherperi's tomb, a [[papyrus]] was found depicting him with dark skin, leading scholars to believe he was in fact [[Nubia]]n or of Nubian descent.<ref>O'Connor & Cline, ''op.cit.'', p.216</ref> The papyrus in question was the ''[[Book of the Dead]]'', in the eyes of O'Connor and Cline "[c]ertainly the most famous and arguably the most beautiful" Book of the Dead.<ref> Eric H. Cline, David B. O'Connor, ''Thutmose III: A New Biography'', University of Michigan Press 2006, ISBN 0472114670, p.315</ref>.
The mummy was unwrapped by Georges Daressy in March 1901,<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.104 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref> revealing a mummy whose dark skin ("dark brown, not black"<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.105 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref>) matched that depicted on his copy of the Book of the Dead, and thought that this was likely Maiherperi's natural colour, unchanged by the mummification process.<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.105 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref> He also had tightly curled, woolly hair, furthering the argument for Nubian ancestry, which turned out a wig that had been glued to his scalp.<ref>Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, <cite>Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology</cite>. p.105 KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7</ref>
[[Image:Maiherperi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Maiherpri from the book of the Dead]]
==Bibliography==
* Michael Rice, ''Who's Who in Ancient Egypt By Michael Rice'', Routledge 2001, ISBN 0415154480, p.104
*David B. O'Connor, Eric H. Cline, ''Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign'', University of Michigan Press 1998, ISBN 0472088335
==Footnotes and references==
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==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/royalmummies/Maihirpre/Maihirpre.htm The Tomb of Maihirpre] - Pictures of the artifacts from Maiherpri's tomb
*[http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field/maiherpa.html Maiherpra]
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