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Ramesses the Ninth was probably a grandson of Ramesses the Third. He ruled for nineteen years approximately, died at the age of 50 and was succeeded by Ramesses the Tenth.
He was buried in tomb KV 6 in the Valley of the Kings, his body was removed during the Twenty-First Dynasty and was discovered in the Deir el-Bahari cachette, lying in one of the coffins of Nesi-Khonsu, wife of the high priest of Amun, Pennedjem the Second.
The body had suffered considerable damage especially to the nose, which is missing; most of the skin is badly cracked. |
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