The uncovered head is believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, the mother of King Pepi II of the 6th dynasty who ascended to the throne at the age of six. She ruled Egypt as regent during the early ...

Ankhesenpepi II was the wife of King Pepi I – and, when he died, she married the son he fathered with her sister, Merenre, also known as Ankhesenpepi I. After Merenre died, Pepi II inherited the ...

Earlier in October, archaeologists uncovered part of an obelisk made of pink granite that belongs to the same dynasty. The uncovered head is believed to depict Ankhesenpepi II, the mother of King ...

Ankhesenpepi II was the wife of King Pepi I and the mother of Pepi II. After the death of King Pepi I, Queen Ankhesenpepi briefly ruled Egypt until her son was old enough to assume the throne.

An aerial picture taken from a hot air balloon on September 10, 2017 shows the Ramesseum temple in the southern Egypt ian town ofLuxor. (AFP Photo) CAIRO, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists have ...