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Case Study - Ancient Human Remains
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=When, where, and how was Ramesses II found?=
 * RAMESSES II  [[image:http://www.white-history.com/earlson/rameses_files/ramesses.jpg align="center" caption="Pharaoh Ramesses II"]]   **=====

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The mummy was found on 1881, at Deir el-Bahri. He was originally buried in tomb No. 7 in the Valley of the Kings but to avoid grave looting attempts the priests of 21st dynasty decides that he and several other mummies was then moved and placed in other tombs (including the tomb of a 18th dynasty queen, Inhapi) before being moved to the location where the body was found now. ===== =Description of Ramesses II mummy as it is today=

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The mummy now resides at the Museum of Cairo, Egypt and is well known for it's well preservation. The mummy still has most of its main facial structure preserved. The pharaoh's mummy features a hooked nose and strong jaw. He has a very prominent, long, thin, hooked nose set in a long, narrow, oval face with a strong jaw. The nose of Ramesses II was even packed with seeds and a small animal bone during mummification to preserve its shape. He is also identified as a natural red head which is not common to ancient egyptians. He was large for an ancient egyptian, standing some five foot seven inches (1.333 meters) tall. In **1974, Egyptologists at the Cairo Museum noticed that the mummy's condition was getting worse rapidly. They decided to fly Rameses II to Paris in 1976 so that a team of experts could give the mummy a medical examination. Once in Paris, the mummy was diagnosed and treated for a fungal infection.** ======

How did he die?
Ramesses II died at an old age (around 90 years of age) and is considered as one of the longest ruler of Egypt. During the examination, scientific analysis revealed battle wounds and old fractures, as well as the pharaoh's arthritis and poor circulation. But the cause of death was apparantly of old age and possibly tooth infection. X-rays of Ramses II shows he had a massive dental infection that was serious enough to have been the possible cause of his death.

Why was he preserved?
He was preserved because he was mummified as one of the rulers of Ancient Egypt.

Scientific methods used to study the mummy
The scientific methods used to study the mummy was X-ray scans, CAT scans, and also some carbon dating to study the cause of his death and also make a facial recostruction of his face (below).

A facial reconstruction of Ramses II


 * What had been learned from the past from the study of Ramesses II mummy? ** The study of Pharaoh Ramesses II mummy had helped to identify other mummies that is related to him due to the similar inherited physical features. It also helped historians and scientists to learn more about mummification methods and ingredients used in it.

Pharaoh Ramesses II had 7 wives and an estimated number of 100 children which is mostly unidentified!
 * Did you know....?**

[] This website is not too useful for my research on Ramesses II but it gives a little bit of useful information to help assist but it is reliable to gather information from. This website gives the information about his appearance and facial structure when he was alive. This website is also updated recently.
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[|www.white-history.com/ earlson/rameses.htm]
This website is a little bit useful for my research as it gives information about the study of the mummy and what we gain about the mummy from it. This website is also quite reliable because it refers to sources and links that it got it's information from and it includes its own bibliography. [] This newspaper website is not useful even though it is very reliable but it refers to a picture of Ramesses's hair which is diagnosed by two significant people toward his findings. [] This website is not too useful and it is about the facial reconstruction of Pharaoh Ramesses II and his appearance as well. [] This website is not too useful neither relevant because the information is mostly about other pharaohs.