Abstract
During recent field work of the Czechoslovak Institute of Egyptology in the South Field of the Royal Cemetery at Abusir several Fifth Dynasty mastabas were investigated. In three of them, four skeletons of the original occupants were found. By means of a comparative analysis based on craniometric, osteometric, epigenetic, cranioscopic, osteoscopic and radiographic features, supported by determination of blood groups, their respective relationships were assessed and related to the archeological record. It is concluded that the two Princesses, Khekeretnebty and Hedjetnebu, were full sisters. A girl named Tisethor, for whom the mastaba of Khekeretnebty was enlarged, was more similar to Khekeretnebty than to Hedjetnebu. Hence it is suggested that she is more likely to have been the daughter of Khekeretnebty than another younger sister of the two older sisters. Another woman buried in mastaba L whose name and titles did not survive, could have been more distantly related to the mentioned three members of the family of the King Djedkare Isesi.
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