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Mummy of Seqenenre Tao II

Cairo Museum, Egypt

From Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com

Seqenenre Tao II at Cairo Museum, Egypt.

Seqenenre Tao II at Cairo Museum, Egypt.

Photo by Patrick Landmann/Cairo Museum/Getty Images
Seqenenre Tao II, (also called Sekenenra Taa) at Cairo Museum, Egypt. The pharaoh of the 17th dynasty was killed on the field of battle. The image shows the marks from the axe blow and the two spear thrusts that brought about his death.
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