King Seqenenre Taa - Royal Mummies

King Seqenenre Taa

King Seqenenre Taa - Royal Mummies
King Seqenenre Taa - Royal Mummies
Today, we present King Seqenenre Taa, whose mummy is one of the 22 royal mummies who will be transferred in the Golden Pharaoh’s Parade from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
King Seqenenre Taa was the ruler of Thebes (modern-day Luxor). 
History remembers Seqenenre Taa as the king who began the liberation war against the Hyksos, a war which continued by his sons Kamose and Ahmose I The mummy of Seqenenre Taa’s was discovered in the Cache of Deir El-Bahari (TT320), west of Luxor in 1881. 
Wait for the Golden Pharaoh’s Parade on April 3.
Location: Egypt

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