Hatason Human Mummy | |
Biographical Information | |
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Name(s) | Hatason |
Age | unknown |
Sex | unknown |
Status | at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco |
Height | unknown |
Source | |
Culture | 11th - 16th century B.C. Egyptian |
Date(s) | 3200 years ago |
Site | unknown |
Current Location | |
Location | Egypt |
Catalog # | |
Originally dug from Egypt and displayed at the California Midwinter International Exposition in 1894 until moving to the collection of San Francisco’s de Young Museum a year later, the Hatason mummy was named after the royal name of Queen Hatshepsut, despite evidence such the lack of jewelry and a plain clothes burial that indicates the mummy itself is most likely a commoner of its time.
Mummification
Following a scan at the Stanford University School of Medicine, it was examined that the skull contains both the brain and and unknown dark sediment, which is not seen before. This mummy is believed to have been a test subject of a new mummification process.
Pathology
The shape of the skull suggest the mummy is female, but the collapsed pelvis prevents confirmation.