The Mummified Monkey of King Amenhotep II… The Royal Companion of the Afterlife Deep inside the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings, archaeologists uncovered one of the rarest and most intriguing discoveries in ancient Egyptian history: a fully mummified royal monkey, preserved with the same care and ritual precision given to nobles and high officials. This was no ordinary animal. The extraordinary quality of the embalming — the preserved facial structure, the carefully wrapped limbs