Meritamun
Did you know that Meritamun means “beloved of the god Amun”? Researchers from the University of Melbourne introduced this queen to us when they looked through their archives and discovered her skull. She was naturally from ancient Egypt, so how her skull managed to travel across the globe is quite perplexing. She was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great and her burial place was the Valley of the Queens in Egypt.
Meritamun
What Meritamun Really Looked Like
There is not a lot about Meritamun that researchers could find mainly because they only had her skull, but they still managed to gather some information, such as the former queen’s age at the time of her death. She is believed to have been between 18 to 25 years old at that time, but why she died remains a mystery. They also found out that she might have had a sweet tooth because of her tooth decay. It is not that surprising since Alexander the Great first brought sugar to Egypt around the time that she lived.
What Meritamun Really Looked Like
