The mummy of Thutmose II was presumably violated by tomb robbers, leading to its relocation to the Deir el-Bahari Cachette (DB320), where it was rewrapped and restored. The king’s mummy, like those of other kings, has his hands crossed over his chest, a pose that was continued in royal mummies for many generations. X-ray analysis indicates that he died in his early thirties.
Rather than a disease, scabrous patches covered his skin, likely a result of the embalming process. His right leg was completely detached from his body. Unlike other royal mummies, his fingers and toenails were trimmed and clean. Thutmose II was the son of Thutmose I and Mutnofret. He succeeded his father and married his half-sister, Hatshepsut. Little is known about his reign, which lasted approximately ten years, except for a military campaign against Nubia.
Although he successfully suppressed rebellions in Nubia and the Levant and defeated a group of nomadic Bedouins, these campaigns were carried out by his generals and not by Thutmose II himself.
