British woman claims reincarnation as ancient Egyptian priestess

Dorothy Louise Eady, a British woman, claimed she was the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess named Bentreshyt after a childhood accident in 1907.

After falling down the stairs of her family home in England at age three, the girl allegedly regained consciousness with a strange accent and an insistence on being taken home.

She began exhibiting behaviors tied to ancient Egyptian culture, including refusing to sing religious hymns that insulted Egyptians and attending Roman Catholic services because they reminded her of the Old Religion. As she grew older, Dorothy Louise Eady became obsessed with Egyptology. She visited the British Museum and identified a specific temple as her former home. She eventually moved to Egypt in 1931 after marrying an Egyptian man, where she lived in a village near the pyramids.

She worked as a secretary and illustrator for archaeological excavations, producing detailed work on the site of Giza. She eventually moved to Abydos, the location she claimed was her original home. Archaeologists and officials reportedly tested her claims by asking her to identify specific wall paintings in total darkness. Dorothy Louise Eady successfully identified the locations based on her memories. She provided descriptions of a temple garden that were later confirmed by archaeological excavations.

She died in 1981 and was buried in the desert facing west, a direction associated with the land of the dead in ancient Egyptian belief.