Mastaba K2 (Beit Khallaf) burial details reveal royal-quality mummification and grave goods

June 05, 2026Egyptunverified

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Key facts

• Bones were discovered by Flinders Petrie inside the sarcophagus
• The body had been entirely defleshed, with each bone wrapped separately before the body was recomposed
• Thick wrappings gave the body a true living shape, with wooden models of clothing fastenings
• The eyes were replaced with paste balls, and remnants of curly black or dark brown hair and pale brown skin survived
• Grave goods included two crooks and a mace; one crook was painted yellow and measured 20.8 inches (1 cubit)
• Internal sarcophagus dimensions were approximately 6 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft, leaving no room for a wooden coffin
• Gerard Wayne Wright estimated the individual at 1.72 m (5'6") in height
• The bones were sent to London and destroyed during the Blitz in World War II
• Photographs of the bones were published by Petrie and Wayn in their 1910 book "Meidum and Memphis III"

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