Saturday, September 19, 2026
The quality of carving on that, as well as the design, is amazing
Nesptah was a powerful priest, mayor of Thebes and governor of Upper Egypt – and his family’s great wealth allowed him to order a lavish sarcophagus.
Carvings of Nesptah’s names and titles are wrapped around the sarcophagus.
Nesptah’s father Mentuemhat was the most powerful man in Upper Egypt at the time, and negotiated successfully with a slew of Egypt’s enemies including the Kushites and Assyrians.
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