Ho riletto con attenzione gli articoli disponibili su Internet relative alla KV60 e l’articolo di Hawass al link suggerito da Sozzani http://guardians.net/hawass/article...hepsut.htm e devo dire che c’è qualcosa che non convince.
Da “KV60 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor” by Mark Andrews:
Thanks to the work of Donald P. Ryan under the patronage of the Pacific Lutheran University Valley of the Kings Project, some of these tombs are being reinvestigated finally (beginning in 1989).
His examination of KV60, which was "rediscovered" on the very first day of work, revealed that this tomb was in much the same state as it was left by Carter and Ayrton, with mummified food-provisions scattered about, and near the center of the burial chamber, the second mummy was discovered. The door of the tomb had been blocked with boulders and the tomb was subsequently reburied in the Valley debris to the point of becoming "lost".
Interestingly, this mummy of a female, with her left arm bent at the elbow across the chest and with the left hand clenched, while the right arm held straight at its side, may indicate that she was a queen, or at least a member of the royal family during the 18th Dynasty. This woman had very long hair, and was quite fat, with well worn teeth indicating that she died after a fairly long life. One Egyptologist, Elizabeth Thomas, believed that the mummy might have been that of Hatshepsut herself (though Ryan appears to think this is unfounded), but regardless, further investigation may at least provide some answers regarding the whereabouts of the tombs of a number of queens of that period. This mummy remains within the tomb.
Da “EGYPT Valley of the kings”:
The tomb was not to be entered again until the 1980's, Donald Ryan then entered the tomb and removed the second mummy - it was found to have been quite fat in life, her original hair, which had fallen off over time, was found underneath where her head lay. The most interesting point about this mummy is the positioning of the arms - the right arm was crossed over the breast which suggests royalty, Elizabeth Thomas has used this arm positioning (and the fact of the mummy being found in the tomb of Sitre In) as evidence that the mummy is that of Hatshepsut herself (her mummy could have been hidden here after her death to escape the vengenance of Tuthmosis III). This mummy was placed inside a purpose built coffin by Ryan and remains still in the tomb.
Da “Quest for the Mummy of Hatshepsut” by Zahi Hawass:
Some scholars believe that Hatshepsut was buried in the tomb at Wadi Sikket Taqqet el-Zaid , prepared for her while she was a queen. Elizabeth Thomas has suggested that the mummy left behind in KV 60 is Hatshepsut Ryan has also proposed (following upon Elizabeth Thomas’s hypothesis) that the mummy left in KV 60 might be the missing corpse of Hatshepsut. However, I do not believe that this mummy is Hatshepsut. She has a very large, fat body with huge pendulous breasts; and the position of her arm is not convincing evidence of royalty?
I appointed several curators at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo to look for the second mummy, the one moved by Ayrton in 1908. They were able to discover that it is located on the third floor of the museum, where it was examined on my behalf. The badly damaged coffin is typical of the 18th Dynasty. Among the remaining inscriptions is wr Sdt nfrw nswt In, great royal nurse In.” The mummy inside is about 1.5 m. tall but the coffin is 2.13 m, suggesting that the coffin was not originally intended for this mummy. The obese mummy still in the tomb is significantly taller, and would fit much better in the coffin.
Considerazioni
Nella KV60 furono trovate due mummie, una all’interno di un sarcofago intestato ad In, nutrice di Hatshepsut, e un’altra posizionata sul pavimento della camera sepolcrale. Edward Ayrton investigò la tomba nel 1906 e trasportò il sarcofago e una delle mummie (forse quella trovata nel sarcofago) al Museo del Cairo. In base al nome In e al titolo scritto sul sarcofago, la mummia fu attribuita alla nutrice di Hatshepsut, conosciuta dai ritrovamenti archeologici anche col nome di Sitre (ma è possibile che si tratti di due persone distinte), e, vista la scarsa importanza, fu quasi dimenticata nei magazzini del Museo.
Intorno al 1989 Donald Ryan ispezionò nuovamente la KV60 e descrisse la mummia lasciata nella tomba come una donna alta e grassa, dai lunghi capelli rossi.
Una lettura superficiale degli appunti di Ryan e forse uno scambio di foto, portò ad identificare questa mummia con l’immagine di Fig. 1 e, vista la posizione delle braccia, ad ipotizzare che essa potesse essere la mummia del faraone donna Hatshepsut.
Una visita alla tomba di Hawass nel 2000 evidenziò infine l’errore degli egittologi. La mummia lasciata nella KV60 e deposta nel sarcofago fatto fare da Ryan, aveva proprio le caratteristiche descritte, ma non era quella rappresentata in Fig. 1. La mummia rappresentata in Fig. 2 presenta la folta chioma rossa, ma ha il braccio sinistro piegato sull’addome e non sul petto, per cui l’identificazione con una regina doveva essere considerata errata.
Hawass deve essersi accorto subito dell’errore degli egittologi e deve aver capito che la mummia di regina, forse quella di Hatshepsut, poteva essere quella inviata all’inizio del secolo al Museo del Cairo.
E’ possibile al riguardo che chi spostò la mummia di Hatshepsut dalla KV20 alla vicina KV60 l’abbia posta nel sarcofago della nutrice, ma è anche probabile che Ayrton abbia inviato al Cairo il sarcofago con la mummia della regina e abbia lasciato in terra la mummia della nutrice tolta dal sarcofago.
Una ricerca nei depositi del museo ha consentito di trovare la mummia (è ipotizzabile sia quella di Fig. 1), giustificando così la dichiarazione fatta da Hawass, relativa al ritrovamento della mummia di Hatshepsut presso il Museo del Cairo.
La mummia lasciata nella KV60 è stata sottoposta alla TAC, ma i risultati non sono stati pubblicati. Hawass ha, infine, deciso di inviare al Cairo anche questa seconda mummia, così da cancellare l’errore degli egittologi, riunire nuovamente regina e nutrice ed esporre in futuro le due mummie in una delle sale del costruendo nuovo museo.