Editing Ramesses IX (section)

==Burial and rediscovery==
In 1881, the [[mummy]] of Ramesses IX (nr. 5209) was found in the [[Deir el-Bahri]] cache ([[DB320]]) within one of the two coffins of [[Neskhons]]—wife of the Theban High Priest [[Pinedjem II]].<ref>Dennis C. Forbes, ''Tombs, Treasures and Mummies'', KMT Communications Inc. (1998), pp.646–647.  {{isbn|1879388065}}</ref> This pharaoh's mummy was not apparently examined by [[Grafton Elliot Smith]] and not included in his 1912 catalogue of the Royal Mummies.<ref>Forbes, pp.646–647</ref> When the mummy was unwrapped by [[Maspero]], a bandage was found from a year 5, mentioning the lady [[Neskhons]], most probably from the reign of king [[Siamun]]. A further strip of linen from a year 7 identified the mummy as "Ra Khaemwaset" which can be taken as a reference to either Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun (IX) or Ramesses Khaemwaset Meryamun Neterheqainu (XI).<ref>Gaston Maspero, ''Les momies royales de Deir el-Bahari'', Paris: 1889, pp.566–568</ref> But since an ivory box of Neferkare Ramesses IX was found in the royal cache itself, and Ramesses XI was probably never buried at Thebes but rather in Lower Egypt, "the [royal] mummy is most likely to be that of Ramesses IX himself."<ref>Dylan Bickerstaffe, ''Refugees for eternity - The royal mummies of Thebes'' - part 4 - Identifying the Royal Mummies, Canopus Press, 2009.  {{isbn|9780956187512}}</ref>{{page number needed|date=March 2025}}  It is estimated that the king was about 50 years old when he died (but it is extremely difficult to correctly establish the age of mummies) and his mummy was found to have broken limbs, a broken neck and damage to its nose, which is missing.<ref>[http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.element&story_id=&module_id=&language_id=1&element_id=2194&ee_messages=0001.flashrequired.text Mummy of Ramesses the Ninth] Eternal Egypt</ref>

In April 2021 his mummy was moved from the [[Egyptian Museum]] to the [[National Museum of Egyptian Civilization]] along with those of 17 other kings and 4 queens in an event termed the [[Pharaohs' Golden Parade]].<ref name=Parisse>{{cite news |last=Parisse |first=Emmanuel  |date=5 April 2021 |title=22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade'  |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |work=ScienceAlert  |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref>