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		Archaeologists discover Madonna's waiting tomb in the Valley of the Kings (independent.co.uk)		33
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Coelacanth

2012-01-16 07:08:36 AM

This woman must've been their Madonna. According to other sources, the Egyptians repurposed a 400-year old tomb and the casket of a high priest's daughter just for her.

The burial discovered dates to the 22nd Dynasty and the Third Intermediate Period. An inscription reveals the occupant to be a Ni Hms Bastet. There is no standard representation of that yet, although Nehmes Bastet is being used. She was a Singer of Amun Re in the Temple of Karnak, and a Daughter of Amun Re. Jane Akshar reports a suggestion by Ken Griffin that she may have been the daughter of Djedkhonsuefankh (4th prophet of Amun):

Looks like the name should read as Nehmesbastet or Nehemsybastet. The second rendering of the name is in Kitchen (p.219), where she is listed as a daughter of Djedkhonsuefankh (4th prophet of Amun) of the 22nd Dyn

There is no official confirmation of that yet and obviously when the hieroglyphs are published things will be clarified. Jane reports further that Lynn Green is wondering whether this is the Nehmes Bastet who was the mother of Padimut whose mummy is in Birmingham:

If this Nehemes-Bastet is the mother of Padimut in Birmingham, she is the grandmother of Harwa, Chief Steward of God's Wife Amenirdis I.
Harwa was son of Nestawereret and priest Padimut. According to Padimut's coffin, he was the son of a woman called Nehemes-Bastet and Ankhefen-Mut

Fear_and_Loathing

2012-01-16 07:11:34 AM

I giggled after RTFA.

eddyatwork

2012-01-16 10:15:04 AM

I love Egyptology and hadn't heard of this so thanks Fark!

Snarfangel

2012-01-16 10:53:43 AM

Are you sure it wasn't Susanna Hoffs, or one of the Peterson sisters?

2wolves

2012-01-16 11:11:30 AM

"He said the coffin was remarkably intact, and that when it was opened this week, experts are likely to find her mummified body with a funeral mask moulded to her face."

Just me or is time travel involved?

TheShavingofOccam123

2012-01-16 12:30:51 PM

That dusty old claptrap?

cgraves67

2012-01-16 12:34:08 PM

Did the Egyptian singer affect a fake British accent?

perigee

2012-01-16 12:35:02 PM

2wolves: "He said the coffin was remarkably intact, and that when it was opened this week, experts are likely to find her mummified body with a funeral mask moulded to her face."

Just me or is time travel involved?

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Aidan

2012-01-16 12:42:21 PM

eddyatwork: I love Egyptology and hadn't heard of this so thanks Fark!

Neither had I. One of the comments on TFA sent me to the Theban Mapping Project site. Holy Cow. 3D maps, categorical assessments of each and every room and corridor in every burial tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It's full of amazing. Go check it out if you didn't know about it!

Mega Steve

2012-01-16 12:47:48 PM

dj_bigbird

2012-01-16 12:52:07 PM

Cry if you must
But die you will
The Valley of the Kings
Will still be built

/got nothin

Dirtybird971

2012-01-16 12:57:10 PM

but was reused for her 400 years after the original one, based on artifacts found inside. Archaeologists do not know whom the tomb was originally intended for.

Probably Cher.

LarryDan43

2012-01-16 01:10:00 PM

To sum up her speech at the Golden Globes... Me me me I I I me I I me me me me me I me me, thank you.

corporate mustache

2012-01-16 01:10:16 PM

Dirtybird971: but was reused for her 400 years after the original one, based on artifacts found inside. Archaeologists do not know whom the tomb was originally intended for.

Probably Cher.

Win.

ConConHead

2012-01-16 01:17:54 PM

TFA is useless without pics. I love sarcophagi and burial masks :(

steklo

2012-01-16 01:44:50 PM

Must be nice to be an Archaeologist

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ObscureNameHere

2012-01-16 01:52:52 PM

You Ahk Naten be making fun of archaeologists....

dodecahedron

2012-01-16 01:53:10 PM

I hope they find her CDs.

2CountyFairs

2012-01-16 02:13:35 PM

I misread the headline as talking womb at first. You realize, I'm completely ruined for the rest of the day because of this.

gojirast

2012-01-16 02:19:53 PM

Dirtybird971: but was reused for her 400 years after the original one, based on artifacts found inside. Archaeologists do not know whom the tomb was originally intended for.

Probably Cher.

+1 Intarwebs.

dripping with sarcasm

2012-01-16 02:23:21 PM

They dug her up just in time for the Super Bowl^tm

L33t Squirrel

2012-01-16 02:35:14 PM

perigee: 2wolves: "He said the coffin was remarkably intact, and that when it was opened this week, experts are likely to find her mummified body with a funeral mask moulded to her face."

Just me or is time travel involved?

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So, wait, when they translate the hieroglyphs, they'll read "Hello Sweetie?"

flexflint

2012-01-16 03:00:21 PM

Is zis ze Madonna wiz ze big boobies?

fark the casbah

2012-01-16 03:13:33 PM

dodecahedron: I hope they find her CDs.

In her 1,100 year old tomb? I think they only had vinyl back then.

AliceBToklasLives

2012-01-16 03:25:43 PM

No surprise. It is the most common image in Western art.

www.jillstanek.com

Tsar_Bomba1

2012-01-16 03:58:40 PM

It was all going so well until...

1.bp.blogspot.com

bullwinkl

2012-01-16 04:32:36 PM

Coelacanth: If this Nehemes-Bastet is the mother of Padimut in Birmingham, she is the grandmother of Harwa, Chief Steward of God's Wife Amenirdis I.
Harwa was son of Nestawereret and priest Padimut. According to Padimut's coffin, he was the son of a woman called Nehemes-Bastet and Ankhefen-Mut

Is that the Harwa you mentioned from the Chicago Harwas, or is he unrelated?

/I'm pretty sure there's a Harwa in the basement of the Field Museum...curious if it's the same fella.

Coelacanth

2012-01-16 04:50:36 PM

bullwinkl: Coelacanth: If this Nehemes-Bastet is the mother of Padimut in Birmingham, she is the grandmother of Harwa, Chief Steward of God's Wife Amenirdis I.
Harwa was son of Nestawereret and priest Padimut. According to Padimut's coffin, he was the son of a woman called Nehemes-Bastet and Ankhefen-Mut

Is that the Harwa you mentioned from the Chicago Harwas, or is he unrelated?

/I'm pretty sure there's a Harwa in the basement of the Field Museum...curious if it's the same fella.

Full article here Link (new window)

I believe that the mummy in the Chicago museum is indeed that Harwa. And here's an article on Hawa Link (new window)

Trance750

2012-01-16 05:16:40 PM

I'm sure the tomb was just for her career, which has been dead for years

attention span of a retarded fruit fly

2012-01-16 06:17:22 PM

22nd Dynasty 1100 years ago?

its 2011 BC?

Professor Horatio Hufnagel

2012-01-16 06:40:27 PM

attention span of a retarded fruit fly: 22nd Dynasty 1100 years ago?

its 2011 BC?

Yeah I was wondering that myself, probably a typo.

Anagrammer

2012-01-16 09:09:08 PM

Turns out it wasn't Madonna. It was her mummy.