Editing Ramesses I (section)

===Rediscovery and repatriation===
[[File:Ramses I Mummy.jpg|thumb|[[Mummy]] of Ramesses I]]
[[File:Reliefs from a Chapel of Ramesses I MET 12.186.1 01.jpg|thumb|Relief of Ramesses I from the Abydos Chapel]]

A mummy currently believed to be that of Ramesses I was displayed in a private Canadian museum for many years before being repatriated. The mummy's identity cannot be conclusively determined, but is most likely to be that of Ramesses I based on CT scans, X-rays, skull measurements and radio-carbon dating tests by researchers at [[Emory University]], as well as aesthetic interpretations of family resemblance. Moreover, the mummy's arms were found crossed high across his chest which was a position reserved solely for Egyptian royalty until 600 BC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0430_030430_royalmummy.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030502083753/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0430_030430_royalmummy.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2003|title=U.S. Museum to Return Ramses I Mummy to Egypt|publisher=[[National Geographic Society|National Geographic]]|date=April 30, 2003| access-date=2008-04-13}}</ref>

The mummy had been stolen from the [[Royal Cache]] in [[Deir el-Bahari]] by the Abd el-Rassul family of grave robbers and sold by Turkish vice-consular agent Mustapha Aga Ayat at [[Luxor]]{{sfn|Hawass|Saleem|2016|p=32}}{{sfn|Wilson|1964|p=74}} to Dr. [[James Douglas (businessman)|James Douglas]] who brought it to North America around 1860. Douglas used to purchase Egyptian antiquities for his friend Sydney Barnett who then placed it in the [[Niagara Falls Museum]]. At the time, the identity of the mummified man was unknown.<ref name=Gorr/> The mummy remained in the museum through moves to [[Niagara Falls, New York]] and [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]] next to other curiosities for more than 130 years.<ref name=Gorr/> The mummy was displayed as a "A Prince of Egypt" but despite occasional speculation from visitors that he might be exactly that nothing further was done.<ref name=Gorr/>

When the owner of the museum decided to sell his property, Canadian businessman [[Billy Jamieson|William Jamieson]] purchased the contents of the museum and, with the help of Canadian egyptologist Gayle Gibson, identified their great value.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2015/04/20/canadas-favourite-mummy-hunter-returns|title=Canada's favourite mummy hunter returns|website=Niagara Falls Review|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-05-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204121542/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2015/04/20/canadas-favourite-mummy-hunter-returns|archive-date=2017-12-04}}</ref> In 1999, Jamieson sold the Egyptian artifacts in the collection, including the various mummies, to the [[Michael C. Carlos Museum]] at Emory University in [[Atlanta]], Georgia for US$2 million.<ref name=Gorr>{{cite news |last=Gorr |first=Robbie |date=Winter 2022–23 |title=The Pharaoh of Niagara Falls |work=History Magazine |pages=28–32}}</ref> The mummy was returned to Egypt on October 24, 2003, with full official honors and is on display at the Luxor Museum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3215747.stm|title=Egypt's 'Ramses' mummy returned|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=October 26, 2003|access-date=2008-04-13}}</ref>