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Reconstruction of the face of a princess buried in Egypt 2,500 years ago


United Kingdom, Oct 31.- An expert in digital facial reconstruction has revealed what the face of a possible Sudanese princess who was buried and mummified in Egypt at least 2,500 years ago looked like. Her sarcophagus has been part of the collection of the Perth Museum in Scotland (United Kingdom) since 1936, according to The Guardian.

The images shown of a woman, who was allegedly black with a bald head, who may have been a priestess or princess of the kingdom of Kush, occupied areas of Upper Egypt, which is now part of the territory of Sudan.
According to the hieroglyphs on her sarcophagus, she had the name 'Ta-Kr-Hb' or 'Takerheb', and is believed to have lived during the XXV-XXVI Dynasty (760-525 BC) and died at approximately the age of 30.

Chris Rynn, a craniofacial anthropologist and forensic artist, found it unusual to note that the skull of the woman inside the coffin was not similar to the classic Kemetic ancient Egyptian form of elongated faces with a long, narrow nose, which has strengthened the researchers' theory about their racial origin.

Digital reconstruction of the face of "Takerheb".Perth Museum

Mark Hall, head of the museum's collections, said: "What we now know is that, from Chris's facial reconstruction, the woman is Kushite. […] At this particular time, 2,500 years ago, the Kushite Empire conquered Egypt. We have a whole sequence of black Kushite pharaohs."

Images of the digital reconstruction and 'Takerheb' sarcophagus will be on display at Perth Museum's next exhibition from 8 November.

"We hope it gives visitors the feeling that there is someone here who they can easily identify with as another human being," Hall added. (Text and Photo: Cubasí)


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