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ABSTRACT: Skeletal remains of Iufaa found inside his intact Shaft-tomb at Abusir in 1998 by the Czech Institute of
Egyptology have been compared with two adult skeletons unearthed in a corridor adjoining the Shaft-tomb, discovered
in 2001. Craniometrics show a striking proximity of an old male Nekawer and a mature female Imakhetkherresnet. At
the same time, the young adult male Iufaa, due to the very broad and low neurocranium and broad face, reveals a two
and half bigger distance from both of them. If only splanchnocranic dimensions (except bizygomatic breadth) were
compared, the three persons appear very close, Iufaa resembling more Nekawer (both males) than Imakhetkherresnet
(female). Similarities between the three individuals can also be detected in cranial indices, cranial profile angles,
cranioscopic features and postcranial skeleton (cranial variation of the spine andforamen arcuale atlantis). Craniometric
comparison was not possible in a fourth person, male Padihor, found in another tomb 25 m east of Iufaa's tomb, because
of the fragmentary state of his skull. However, on the skeleton as well as in his body build and stature no features similar
to any of the other three persons were revealed, making thus his blood relationship with them improbable. The
anthropological results are discussed in light of the archaeological and textual evidence.
http://puvodni.mzm.cz/Anthropologie/...002_p37-50.pdf
Egyptology have been compared with two adult skeletons unearthed in a corridor adjoining the Shaft-tomb, discovered
in 2001. Craniometrics show a striking proximity of an old male Nekawer and a mature female Imakhetkherresnet. At
the same time, the young adult male Iufaa, due to the very broad and low neurocranium and broad face, reveals a two
and half bigger distance from both of them. If only splanchnocranic dimensions (except bizygomatic breadth) were
compared, the three persons appear very close, Iufaa resembling more Nekawer (both males) than Imakhetkherresnet
(female). Similarities between the three individuals can also be detected in cranial indices, cranial profile angles,
cranioscopic features and postcranial skeleton (cranial variation of the spine andforamen arcuale atlantis). Craniometric
comparison was not possible in a fourth person, male Padihor, found in another tomb 25 m east of Iufaa's tomb, because
of the fragmentary state of his skull. However, on the skeleton as well as in his body build and stature no features similar
to any of the other three persons were revealed, making thus his blood relationship with them improbable. The
anthropological results are discussed in light of the archaeological and textual evidence.
http://puvodni.mzm.cz/Anthropologie/...002_p37-50.pdf