The screaming mummy was intriguing in the Egyptian tomb

The face was distorted, revealing the horrors of the mummy, urging the Egyptians to learn the identity of the dead for many years.

In 1881, archaeologists discovered 40 mummies in a discreet cave with code number DB320 in Deir El Bahri, 483km south of Cairo, Egypt. Among them, they found an anonymous mummy that was not buried according to the custom at the end of a 14-meter-high, steep cellar that contained countless corridors.

When they opened the cloth wrapped around the mummy in 1886, they were amazed to see the horrified expression of the dead like screaming, according to the Ancient Origins.

The mummy is in a coffin without any name or identifier, so scientists cannot conduct further research. They called the mummy with the name "Anonymous Man E" or "Mummy yelling", and returned to the Cairo Museum.

"Mummy screams" with a horrified expression.(Photo: Ancient Origins).

At that time, researchers hardly noticed the "Anonymous Man E" because of his body next to many famous Egyptian kings like pharaoh Ramses II, pharaoh Seti I, and pharaoh Thutmose III. " These are really big names in ancient Egyptian history," said Dylan Bickerstaffe, Egyptologist and National Geographic consultant.

All 40 mummies are transported to the cave from the pyramids in the Valley of the Kings . Experts say that at the end of Ramesside, grave robbery became a serious threat, threatening royal mummies. Therefore, high-ranking priests decided to hide dozens of mummies in remote locations.

"The unknown man E" by his body sits next to many famous Egyptian kings.

They put all the buried objects together with the mummy but still retained the name of the dead. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, a skeleton with no name to identify cannot reach the afterlife. For this reason, some experts conclude that "The unknown man E" who is most likely to be cursed must live permanently in hell because his coffin has no sign to help identify him.

In 2008, a group of Egyptians studied the case of "Anonymous Man E" under the support of National Geographic. Before the study, they came up with three hypotheses about the identity of the dead. According to a hypothesis, the "screaming mummy" belonged to an Egyptian man who was governor. The servants may have buried the corpse unconformably, using lime to dry the body and spraying pieces of sheep and goat skin across the body of the master.

Most likely the mummy screaming cursed must live permanently in hell.

For Egyptians, sheep and goats are dirty animals. Covering these animals on the body to prevent dead people from going to the other world. However, in many other places, sheep and goat skin is common in burial customs because they are often used as clothes and blankets. The research team rejected this hypothesis because the " Anonymous Man E" body lying next to the royal members and burial people seemed deliberately left unidentified on the coffin.

The second theory is that "The unknown man E" is a foreign prince who died while in Egypt. Due to the conflict between nations, the body of the prince cannot be transferred back to his hometown in time, so he is buried in Egypt. However, this hypothesis does not help explain the location of burial and intentional not to retain the identity of burial people.

"Anonymous man E" is Egyptian.

The computerized tomography scan shows "The unknown man E" is Egyptian. His skull even has some characteristics of the Egyptian royal family, such as shape, size, part of the skull from the forehead to the long head and dent at the top of the skull.

The team leaned to the conclusion: "The unknown man E" was a member of the royal family who was disgraced at the time of pharaoh Ramses III's death. This person is most likely the Pentewere prince , the son of pharaoh Ramses III is accused of plotting to kill his father. "This mummy suffered from two psychological flows: one tried to deny and one tried to preserve , " said Bob Brier, an archaeologist at Long Island University, New York, USA, who examined the mummy this year, giving know.

The unknown man E "was a member of the royal family who was disgraced at the time of pharaoh Ramses III's death.

Papers on papyrus tell of a trial that took place around the 12th century BC. Tiye, the first wife of pharaoh Ramses III, was accused of plotting to kill the king to bring Pentewere's son to the throne. Tiye and his accomplices were sent to execution. Due to the royal lineage, Pentewere was allowed to commit suicide by drinking poison. Some researchers believe that Tiye was disgraced by the Pharaoh Ramses married to his new young wife. After Ramses III died, the son of the second wife joined the throne, taking the name Ramses IV. The anonymous tomb may be a punishment way for rebellious offenders.

The identity of "Anonymous Man E" attracted much attention because of the horrifying face of the corpse. However, most Egyptians agree that the scary face is only a result of the dead falling back and banging his head backwards. Archaeologists plan to conduct DNA testing in the near future to determine the relationship between "Anonymous Man E" and pharaoh Ramses III.