: Michael E. Habicht
: Smenkhkare The enigmatic Pharaoh of Akhet-Aton
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The book presents the latest research finings and materials on the enigmatic figure of the late Amarna period: Smenkhkare. It is still disputed today whether Smenkhkare was a young man at Akhenaton's side or Queen Nefertiti, who succeeded her husband with this fictous identity as a male pharaoh. The identification of the mummy from tomb KV 55 is a crucial element of this Egyptological enigma. Updated and enlarged edition with new facial reconstructions and pictures.

The author is a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia and works as an archaeologist. His numerous publications cover a wide variety of topics ranging from palaeopathological studies, mummy studies and works on medieval topics. In the field of mummy studies, he has published several papers, especially on the topic of the identification of royal mummies. He also published studies on diseases and behaviour under stress or technical examination methods. The author has also worked on other research projects on scientific forgeries and war-time and crisis cross-dressing in other cultures and time periods.

Anthropometric data of CG 61075


Vital for any research attempt are correct anthropometric data, e.g., long bone measurements. From such measurable data a comparison among mummies is possible. The bones of KV 55 were measured twice by Smith and Harrison [107,110].

 

 Smith 1912Harrison 1966
Right femur (oblique length)45.05 cm 
Right femur (max. length)45.5 cm45.3 cm
Left femur (oblique length)45.3 cm 
Left femur (max. length)45.55 cm45,3 cm
Left tibia (axial length)35.55 cm37,2 cm
Right tibia (axial length)35.4 cm37.5 cm
Left humerus (oblique length)31.1 cm 
Left humerus (max. length)31.9 cm31.9 cm
Right humerus (oblique length)31.4 cm 
Right humerus (max. length)32.2 cm32.2 cm

 

Based on such long bone measurements several studies were published on the Pharaohs: 1983 by Gay Robins and Charles Shute [128]. Other studies focusses on the cranial data [125]. Comparisons with studies on the general population [129–134] and comparisons with the Kings and Queens of Egypt are quite revealing. It is most likely that KV 55 and Tutankhamun are closely related, probably father and son. The results concur with the genetic results from 2010.


 Thutmosis IVAmenhotep IIIKV 55Tutankhamun
Condition of the mummyGoodBadVery badbad
Length (direct measurement)164 cm156 – 160 cmNot possible167 cm
[123]165 cm160 cm167.5 cm169 cm
Tibia max [130]165.5 cm157 cm165 cm167 cm
Femur max [130]166 cm162 cm169 cm171 cm
Femur44.1 cm42.1 cm45.5 cm46.5 cm
Tibia36.2 cm34.1 cm37.5 cm38.3 cm

 

2010 genetics: KV 55 is the father of Tutankhamun


As part of the “Tutankhamun Family Project”, investigating the ancestors of Tutankhamun using genetics the mummy Cairo CG 61075 was investigated again [47]. Albert Zink observed the fusion of the Sutura sagitalis (fibrous joint of the plates of the