Ancient Egyptian Reconstruction

The subject of this reconstruction is an ancient Egyptian woman from the city of Thebes (now Luxor) who lived and died in the first century BC. Nicknamed as the “Mysterious Woman”, she appears to have died in her twenties while pregnant, as her mummified body still had her unborn child in the womb. That, unfortunately, was not an uncommon fate for pregnant women to experience during those harsh times.

I obtained the reference image of her skeleton from the following publication:

Ejsmond, Wojciech & Ożarek-Szilke, Marzena & Jaworski, Marcin & Szilke, Stanisław. (2021).
A pregnant ancient egyptian mummy from the 1st century BC. Journal of Archaeological Science. 132. 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105371.

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