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    Kha

    The mummy of Kha is wrapped in many layers of linen and covered with a linen shroud.
    The shroud is secured by a double layer of linen bandages running down the centre of
    the body. This is crossed by four narrow bands at the shoulders, hips, knees, and
    ankles. Restoration work carried out in the 2000s used a nylon net to consolidate the
    outer layers of linen, weakened by a previous fungal attack.[168] Kha's mummy was not
    fitted with a funerary mask. It is thought he donated his mask to Merit[169] but the reason
    that he did not have another made for his own burial is unknown.[100][170] His wrapped
    mummy is 168 centimetres (5.51 ft) tall. He lies on his back with his arms extended; his
    hands are placed over the pubic area.[171]

    Kha likely died in his 60s, with an estimated height in life of 1.71 or 1.72 metres (5.6 ft)
    and a robust build. His health is consistent with his age at the time of his death. His
    teeth were in poor condition, with many tooth losses and much wear to the remaining
    dentition. He had arthritis in his knees and lower back, and many arteries show signs
    of calcification.[172][173][174] His gallbladder contained fourteen gallstones, most probably
    pigment stones.[175] His right elbow joint had a calcified inflammation (enthesopathy),
    [176]
    which may have been caused by repetitive chopping motions.[177] The 2005 CT
    examination showed that the first lumbar vertebra was fractured, which left it flattened.
    [174]
    X-ray analysis in 2014 suggested this damage occurred after his death. His cause of
    death is unknown.[176] No attempt was made to remove his organs, which are still in place
    and well preserved. There is a large air-filled gap between Kha's torso and the bandage
    layers, suggesting his body was not fully dried before wrapping.[166] Despite his
    sarcophagus being placed in the furthest corner of the tomb, Kha is thought to have
    died after his wife, as some of his objects were placed in the corridor because of the
    lack of space.[178]

    Relief of Ay and his wife Tey receiving the "gold of honour"


    from Akhenaten. Multiple double-stranded shebyu collars are draped around their necks.
    Kha's body is equipped with metal jewellery, likely of gold. Around his neck is a
    necklace of large gold disc beads known as a shebyu collar. This item of jewellery was
    given by the king as part of the "gold of honour", a reward for service. These necklaces
    are well known from the Eighteenth Dynasty, being depicted in many statues and tombs
    of nobility including those of Sennefer, Ay and Horemheb.[179][180] Kha's collar has only a
    single strand of beads instead of the usual minimum of two, leading to the suggestion
    by Egyptologist Susanne Binder that this may be the longest, outermost strand of a
    multi-stranded shebyu collar.[181] He wears a pair of large earrings, one of the earliest
    known ancient Egyptian men to do so.[179] These may also have been part of his royal
    reward, as similar earrings are depicted, albeit more rarely, in "gold of honour" reward
    scenes.[182] Kha wears six finger rings; three have fixed oval bezels, one has a fixed
    rectangular bezel, and two have swivelling bezels of faience or stone.[183] Further
    jewellery is purely funerary in nature. These consist of a stone heart scarab on a gold
    wire or chain, a stone or faience tyet amulet, and a gold foil bracelet around each upper
    arm.[174] On his forehead is a stone snake head amulet, typically made
    of carnelian or jasper. The usual location of this amulet is around the neck, where it
    assists in the deceased's ability to breathe in the afterlife. Its placement on his forehead
    is possibly in imitation of the royal uraeus (rearing cobra) worn by kings.

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