Uncovered 4,000-Year-Old Wooden Head Thought to Be of Egypt’s Queen Ankhnespepy II

A 4,000-year-old wooden head uncovered in Egypt thought to be of the 6th Dynasty Queen Ankhnespepy II. Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 4,000-year-old wooden head they believe is of Egypt’s 6th dynasty Queen, Ankhnespepy II.

The head was uncovered in an area east of the queen’s main pyramid in the district of Saqqara, near the ancient Pyramids of Giza, by a team of French-Swiss archaeologists at the University of Geneva.