King Seqenenre Taa II Was Killed By Hyksos Invaders – Mummy Scans Reveal His Wounds

Scientists have examined the mummified body of Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II and can now reveal more information about his violent death.

The Hyksos invasion of ancient Egypt changed history, but Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II’s wounds show the conquest was violent. The Hyksos people were mixed, West Asian people. The Hyksos established a powerful empire in large parts of ancient Egypt that lasted over 100 years before the pharaoh Kamose, the last king of the Theban Seventeenth Dynasty started a war of liberation from his seat of power in southern Egypt.

In a new study scientists suggest Pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II died close to the battlefield and was ceremoniously executed by several attackers using Hyksos weapons. But why were his wounds concealed?

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Source: https://www.ancientpages.com/2021/02/17/pharaoh-seqenenre-taa-ii-the-brave-was-brutally-killed-by-hyksos-invaders-died-and-his-wounds-were-deliberately-concealed-mummy-scans-reveals/