Her Mummy Is Still Missing

Anck-Su-Namun, the third of six known daughters of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal wife Nefertiti, was born in 1348 BC. Later, Anck-Su-Namun became the Great Royal wife of her half-brother Tutankhamun.

Interestingly, Anck-Su-Namun's father was her first husband. She gave birth of her first child at the age of 12. After few days, Akhenaten passed away and Smenkhkare became his immediate successor. Anck-Su-Namun had no other option, but to marry Smenkhkare as per Egyptian tradition. Smenkhkare's lifespan, too, was short and in 1332 BC, Tutankhamen became the king at the age of nine.

In ancient Egypt, kings used to consider themselves as a part of God and to marry close relatives in an attempt to maintain the order of succession. As per the tradition, 16-year-old Anck-Su-Namun became of queen of King Tut.

Archaeologists and historians are of the...