SimranIdentifying The Owner
With a lot of analyzing and consultation, they were finally able to know who did the shroud belong to initially. His name was Aaemka and he was the son of two Roman-era officials named But they wanted to dig a little deeper to find out more about the family and its history. What else was there that could amaze them?
Story Of The Shroud
The shroud was originally made for the police chief who was very powerful at that time and his wife after the reign of Tutankhamun. It was unearthed during the excavation of a tomb in the According to the archeologists, the tomb was believed to be built in 1290 B.C.But the story of the ancient tomb didn’t end here what they found just added to the astonishment of the people.
The Tomb
It was reported to be looted and reused several times for more than 1000 years, but after the early 1st century it was sealed off and luckily discovered during the excavation in the 19th-century precisely in 1857. It was believed that shrouds were made only for the powerful people in reign and the power of the parents could be estimated by the quality of shroud that they had found.
Tracing Back The History
With the help of inscribed letters, they were slowly coming close to the history of the family and tracing the other members of the family. They searched for the recorded deaths and found out that Aaemka’s parents have passed away in 9BC. But there were no records found of his death. They were so astounded to find that the shroud was more ancient than what they had thought it to be.
Timing
With the information about the death of his parents, they were now targeting to know the accurate timing when the shroud was made. So they calculated the age at which Aaemka might have died and with the help of the previous information, they calculated when the shroud might have made. This discovery was considered to be one of the remarkable discoveries done by the curators of the museum.
Missing Pieces
When the archeologists were putting the information and records about the Aaemka’s parents they wondered about their kids and their remains. With the discovery of the shroud and Aaemka, every single missing piece of the puzzle appeared to be complete. Who said that you can’t make discovery inside a museum, the incident of finding a shroud gave the proof.