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The facial reconstruction of an Ancient Egyptian Queen
Bill Manley1, Katherine Eremin, Andrew Shortland
1Department of Conservation and Analytial Researh, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. K.Eremin@nms.ac.uk
Abstract:
The National Museums of Scotland Mummy Project has provided important new information about a burial excavated in Egypt. This has resulted in the facial reconstruction of a woman who was probably a queen at Thebes ca. 1570-1520 BCE. There are strong suggestions from the grave goods and her diet that this woman may have been ethnically Nubian rather than Egyptian. However, it is not yet possible to establish her ethnic identity for sure, so a definitive reconstruction of her appearance in life remains elusive.
