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The tomb group was transferred to
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with the wish that the deceased may cross with a ferry, that he might be buried and that he might ascend to the great god. The other spell expressed the wish that Nakht-Ankh might sit in the boat of the sun god, that will cross the heaven. Evidently the spell made sure that Nakht-Ankh will be in the
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The rectangular outer coffin bears on the lid three text columns. On the long sides there are four double columns on each side. At the top of the long sides there are two horizontal text lines. The short ends have two columns and again two horizontal text lines. On the lid Nakht-Ankh bears the title
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his wrappings removed after arriving at
Manchester but its unclear when. In 1912 the tomb group was moved to a newly build extension focused on the museum's Egyptian collection. In 1979 the display of the tomb group was redone as part of the "O! Osiris, Live Forever!" exhibition.
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mtDNA haplogroup with 88.05–91.27% degree of confidence, thus confirming the
African origins of the two individuals. The presence of M1 in Africa is the result of a back-migration from Asia. The analysis of
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and the Y chromosomes made it possible to establish that the two titular brothers were actually half brothers, having the same mother but different fathers. In 2023 Nakht-Ankh's
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cemetery. The initial find was made by an
Egyptian named Erfai. Petrie first described the burial in his excavation report of Rifeh. After the finds went to the
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Nakht-ankh and Khnum-nakht are only known from this burial. They are not attested for sure from other sources. Nakht-Ankh bears as only title the designation
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circle of deities after death. The third spell on the lid finally expresses the wish that the deceased becomes the son of the sky goddess
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to be under her protection. The texts on the coffin box have different functions. Some of the spells are part of the modern corpus of
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Ancient DNA analysis of the mummies of Nakht-Ankh and Khnum-Nakht, found that the brothers belonged to the
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