FEMALE PHARAOH TAWOSRET FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM EGYPTIAN MUMMY (Ramses II Granddaughter)

THE FEMALE PHARAOH, TAWOSRET, WIFE OF SETI II, DAUGHTER OF MERENPTAH, GRAND DAUGHTER OF RAMSES II - DIED 1189 BC (AGED 40+-) REIGNED AS CO-REGENT AND PHARAOH. SHE RULED AS CO-REGENT WITH PHARAOH SIPTAH, HIS REIGN AS PHARAOH WAS CONTESTED BY AN OBSCURE MAN NAMED AMENMESSE. SIPTAH WAS A VERY SICKLY PHARAOH, HE BECAME KING TOO YOUNG AND HIS STEP-MOTHER TAWOSRET AND CHANCELLOR BAY HAD TO HELP RULE. SIPTAH DIED BEFORE HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. TAWOSRET TOOK ON THE ROLE AS FULL PHARAOH, SHE WAS CO-REGENT FOR 6 YEARS, AND PHARAOH FOR 1 YEAR HER RULE ENDED IN CIVILWAR AND SHE WAS FINALLY OVER-THROWN BY SETNAKHTE, ENDING THE RAMESSIDE FAMILY LINE AND THE 19TH DYNASTY. SETNAHKTE EVEN TOOK TAWOSRETS TOMB AND CHANGED THE IMAGES TO SHOW HIMSELF RATHER THAN THE PREVIOUS FEMALE PHARAOH. HER PRESUMED MUMMY WAS FOUND IN A TOMB CACHET, WHERE SHE WAS BURIED WITH MANY 19TH DYNASTY ARTEFACTS AND ITEMS CONTAINING HER NAME. HER MUMMY SHOWS EVIDENCE THAT SHE WORE A TIGHT CROWN AND HER PERFECTLY CURLED HA