Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
After the amazing discovery of NRT I, Montet then discovered NRT III, the only intact Royal Tomb to ever be found. When he entered a shaft at the eastern entrance, Montet was confronted with another series of chambers decorated with inscriptions, but these cartouches had the name of Pasebabkaenniut, or Psusennes from the 21st Dynasty.
This entrance led into a short passageway and then into an antechamber. This space isn't a proper burial chamber, but inside was a solid silver falcon-headed coffin lying on top of a low plinth, with two badly decomposed mummies on either side. Next to the coffin and the human remains were loads of jars, and piles of shabti statues. The coffin belonged to Hekakheppere Shoshenq IIa, and it also had 4 solid silver canopic coffinettes to go with it.
After the amazing discovery of NRT I, Montet then discovered NRT III, the only intact Royal Tomb to ever be found. When he entered a shaft at the eastern entrance, Montet was confronted with another series of chambers decorated with inscriptions, but these cartouches had the name of Pasebabkaenniut, or Psusennes from the 21st Dynasty.
This entrance led into a short passageway and then into an antechamber. This space isn't a proper burial chamber, but inside was a solid silver falcon-headed coffin lying on top of a low plinth, with two badly decomposed mummies on either side. Next to the coffin and the human remains were loads of jars, and piles of shabti statues. The coffin belonged to Hekakheppere Shoshenq IIa, and it also had 4 solid silver canopic coffinettes to go with it.
