Amazing reconstructed face of ancient Egyptian priestess

From the mummy of an ancient Egyptian priestess about 2,800 years old, experts have reconstructed her face and received surprising results.

The coffin containing the mummy of Meresamun, an ancient Egyptian priestess, was purchased by American archaeologist James Henry Breasted in 1920. The coffin has never been opened for centuries. Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

According to researchers, tests on the mummy show that Meresamun lived about 2,800 years ago. Photo: Gary Lee Todd/Pen News.

Inscriptions on the coffin show that Meresamun lived and worked in the temple at Thebes around 800 BC. Her name, engraved on the coffin, means: “Live for Amun” (Amun was an Egyptian god). Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

From this, experts determined that Meresamun was a priestess and artist, serving as a “singer in the temple of Amun”. She was a “highly respected religious figure” in the main hall of the Karnak temple before she died under mysterious circumstances. Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

The sarcophagus containing Meresamun’s mummy was decorated with symbols and colors, suggesting that the priestess belonged to the upper class. Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

Now, the public can see Meresamun’s reconstructed face after a CT scan of her mummy was performed while her burial cloth was still intact. Photo: Gary Lee Todd/Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

Cicero Moraes, lead author of the study, used scan data from the mummy's skull to reconstruct Meresamun's face. Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

The reconstruction results show that Meresamun has a harmonious, elegant and dignified face. Photo: Cicero Moraes/Pen News.

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