The Children of Adam and Eve

Neferuptah is one of the first royal women whose name was written inside a cartouche. Although she never had the title 'King's wife', she must have had a special status; it is possible she was regarded as a future ruler.

A burial for her was prepared in the tomb of her father at Hawara. However, she was not buried there, but in a small pyramid at Hawara. Her tomb was found intact in 1956 and still contained her jewellery, a granite sarcophagus, three silvervases and other objects. The granite sarcophagus was inscribed with a short offering formula. Inside the sarcophagus were found the decayed remains of two Wooden coffins. The outer one was decorated with inscribed gold foil. Identicalinscriptions were found on the sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut, who lived about 300 years later. Her tomb is mentioned on a papyrus found at Lahun. She is depicted next to her father in the Temple at Medinet Maadi. Objects beLonging to herinclude a sphinx of black granite and the fragment of a statue found on Elephantine.