Usermontu

Usermontu is an ancient Egyptian mummy exhibited at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California.

The name Usermontu—which means "Powerful is Montu"—almost certainly is not the name of the mummified man. The mistake arose when long after death the mummy was placed in a coffin originally belonging to another man, a priest named Usermontu, and was still inside of it at the time of the coffin's rediscovery. On the basis of the embalming type used to preserve “Usermontu”, it is believed that he was an upper-class Egyptian male who likely lived during the New Kingdom of Egypt (between 16th–11th century BCE). For a reason that remains unknown, several centuries after death his corpse was put inside the coffin of the actual Usermontu, who lived during the 26th Dynasty. Some time around 400 BCE, as suggested by radiocarbon dating, the body underwent another wrapping with linen bandages which are still visible today.