Apparently, Ramesses the Fifth died in his early thirties and this is perhaps the reason for the appropriation of his tomb by his successor, Ramesses the Sixth.
Nevertheless, the mummy later found its way to the royal cache at Deir el-Bahari. The king's face was painted in red and his nostrils were filled with wax.
The mummy shows evidence of smallpox; the neck, chest and face were covered with raised nodules. The whole mummy was filled with sawdust, including part of his internal organs. |
