Approximately 1090 BC

Djutmose and Butehamun:
Djutmose inherited the title of "Scribe of the Tomb" from his father Khaemhedjet at the age of 33. Djutmose had a wife named Baketamun and a son and daughter around the age of 13 and 14 called Butehamun and Hatia. During the following years Butehamun was taught his father's profession, while his father was in charge of grain taxes, meaning he was sometimes required to personally travel away. Djutmose held this title during the reign of Ramessu (XI), but this was also a time of civil war causing a noticable plundering of tombs, and the job of recovering stolen goods and protecting the tombs fell to Djutmose and his son, Butehamun. This work was continued by Butehamun long after his father's death. All tombs that were located by Butehamun were checked, whatever remained of their grave goods were collected, and the mummies were re-wrapped. Coffins were stripped of their precious jewels and metals so that the mummies - in some cases - could be replaced into their coffins. The dead were then placed into caches with very minimal grave goods, this was to try to ensure their ancestors safety from further looting. The precious metals and jewels were kept, to try to enrich the country at this time of civil war. The restoration of this period is known because of inscriptions that were found in the wrappings of various mummies that had been re-wrapped, as well as after the - now empty - tombs had been restored, they were inscribed with the details of when the tomb had been opened for inspection, and by whom it was inspected, then they were resealed. Before Butehamun died in around 1056 BC, he had just attended of what was to be his last osirification of King Ramessu (III). Butehamun's eldest son Ankhefenamun, buried his father and continued his work. The works of this family of scribes during what were Egypt's difficult times, have proved to have been incredibly important to modern archaeologists, because without the mummies having been cached in ancient times, many of the bodies of the ancient Egyptian's would have been destroyed, and would have been lost to modern eyes forever.