Mask of King Psusens the First, who was the third king of

Mask of King Psusens the First, who was the third king of

12/24/2021, 12:52:30 PM
Mask of King Psusens the First, who was the third king of the Twenty-First Dynasty, 1039 BC. - 990 BC and ruled Egypt from the city of Tanis in the eastern delta, and he protected the Egyptian borders against any foreign attack. Basossen built a temple for the Theban Triad, in Tanis, and royal palaces, in addition to his wealthy royal cemetery. It was a good triad consisting of Lord Amun and his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. The world got acquainted with the Pharaoh Susans after the discovery of his tomb by the French Professor Monet in the year 1940 AD which was found in full Its treasures were not plundered, and for the size of silver found in his tomb he was called the Silver Pharaoh, and this discovery would have constituted an important event such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, had it not been for the timing of this discovery on the threshold of World War II, it did not receive the coverage and attention as it happened when the tomb of Tutankham was discovered Amon.

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