Heqakheperre Shoshenq II or
Shoshenq IIa was an
Egyptian king of the
22nd dynasty of Egypt. He was the only ruler of this Dynasty whose tomb was not plundered by
tomb robbers. His final resting place was discovered within an antechamber of
Psusennes I's tomb at
Tanis by
Pierre Montet in 1939. Montet removed the coffin lid of Shoshenq II on March 20, 1939, in the presence of king
Farouk of Egypt himself. It proved to contain a large number of
jewel-encrusted bracelets and
pectorals, along with a beautiful hawkheaded silver
coffin and a gold funerary mask. The gold facemask had been placed upon the head of the king. Montet later discovered the intact tombs of two Dynasty 21 kings—
Psusennes I and
Amenemope a year later in February and April 1940 respectively. Shoshenq II's prenomen, Heqakheperre Setepenre, means "The manifestation of
Ra rules, the chosen one of Ra."