Restoring the Mummy of Ahmose I

Dr. Nasri Iskander, Curator of Mummies, restoring the mummy of the great Ahmose I (r. ca. 1550-1524 BC), founder of the 18th Dynasty and therefore of the New Kingdom, who drove the invader Hyksos from Egypt’s frontiers, April 2006, at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Photo: Patrick Landmann