| Djer | |
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| Biographical Information | |
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| Name(s) | Hor-Djer |
| Age | |
| Sex | Male |
| Status | Royal |
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| Source | |
| Culture | Ancient Egyptian |
| Date(s) | ca. 3000 BC |
| Site | Tomb O, Umm el-Qa'ab |
| Current Location | |
| Location | Egypt |
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Hor-Djer, was the third Pharaoh of First Dynasty; the Annals Stone indicates he was the son of Hor-Aha and Khenthap. His tomb at Abydos (tomb O) is one of the largest and most complex tombs of the First Dynasty. His tomb is surrounded by the satellite burials of three hundred servants who were all interred at the same time as the Pharaoh.
A mummified arm wearing four bracelets was found within his tomb at Umm el-Qa'ab, but was discarded by museum curator Emile Brugsch in the early twentieth century.
Mummification[]
Djer was buried next to his father Hor-Aha at Umm el-Qa’ab in Abydos. First Dynasty were placed on beds. The bandages used to wrap bodies may have been treated with natron and resins to help preserve the body, but the viscera were not removed, and most were poorly preserved and poorly treated when discovered.
The earliest example of a royal mummy is the linen wrapped arm of Djer which was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1900. He sent it to the Cairo Museum, where the curator removed the bracelets which were still in place, and then threw the arm away, denying any further study.
Additional[]
It was initially estimated that Djer’s reign lasted 31 to 39 years, but inscriptions on the Palermo stone suggest that he actually ruled for about 57 years. He was the first Pharaoh to record military campaigns outside Egyptian borders.
External Links[]
http://www.mummies2pyramids.info/pharaohs-kings/djer.htm