Ancient tomb of unknown Egyptian pharaoh ‘Senebkay’ found in Abydos

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9. Yes, most Egyptians were pretty short.

I think Amonhotep II and Ramses II were close to 6' tall. It was once thought that the great warrior Thutmose III was something of a shrimp, around 5'2" but when they x-rayed his much battered mummy they found that he'd been rewrapped by the priests who restored his mummy without his feet. He probably stood 5'8" or so in life and would have been an imposing figure in his day.

The sarcophagus may have been recycled from an earlier royal burial. These were bad times in Egypt and when times were bad the royal tombs were looted.