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The remains of Ta-Kr-Hb were bought by
William Bailey from a curator at a museum in Cairo, and were donated by Bailey to the Alloa Society of Natural Science and Archaeology in 1896. In 1936, both the mummy and coffin were donated to the Perth Museum, where the mummy resides today, in the Foreign
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dynasty, dating it around 760 BC to 525 BC. In 2020, Scottish conservators discovered paintings on the upper and lower side of the base of Ta-Kr-Hb's coffin trough for the first time. The
Collections Officer at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery Dr Mark Hall told the Scotsman, "We had never had a
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in 1936, believed to be the remains of a princess or priestess of Thebes. The remains are estimated to be up to 2,700 or around 3000 years old. The name of the mummy 'Ta-Kr-Hb' (pronounced 'Takherheb') and her status as a princess were revealed by the
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Amentet, the goddess of the dead. On the coffin, Imentet is shown standing on a platform, wearing a red dress which shows that she is of divine nature or a goddess. The coffin is almost entirely intact other than some damage to its footboard.
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revealed that Ta-Kr-Hb's chest and pelvis had been damaged post mummification. Imaging techniques showed that the bones in her chest and abdomen were broken and dislocated. The mummy's fragile state has been attributed to grave robbers. A
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reason to lift the whole thing so high that we could see the underneath of the trough and had never lifted the mummy out before and didn't expect to see anything there." The paintings on the coffin depict the
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campaign was launched by the Perth and
Kinross museum's trust in order to raise money to help fund the work needed to prevent the mummy's deterioration. By 2020 the campaign had raised ÂŁ1,307.
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Collection. The remains were exhibited at the Perth Museum until 1970s, when it was decided that they were too fragile to continue being displayed.
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In 2013, the same study conducted by the
University of Manchester suggested that the mummy could be up to 2,700 years old. An examination of the mummy at the
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The hieroglyphs on her coffin lid indicate that she was a high-status princess or priestess of Thebes, or the
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