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Meresankh II was a Queen of Egypt and lived during the 4th dynasty.

Her Parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is never explicitly called their daughter However. Assuming Meresankh's filiation as stated, this would make Meresankh II afull sister of Prince Kawab and Queen Hetepheres II. She was also a sister of Princess Meritites II who was later married to the Palace Director Akhethotep (Akhtihotep). Meresankh II shares her name with her great-grandmother Meresankh I, motherof Sneferu. Meresankh III was a niece of Meresankh II.

It is assumed that Meresankh II married her half-brother Horbaef and they had children named Djaty, Nefertkau III and Nebty-tepites.

Meresankh II has the titles of a queen and it is usually assumed that her husband Horbaf died and that Meresankh remarried one of the subsequent Kings. It is possible that she married her half-brother Djedefre, but it is also possible shemarried Khafre.

Meresankh II was buried in a double mastaba G 7410 - 7420 with her first husband Horbaef, who was a son of Khufu. The tomb was excavated by George Andrew Reisner. Meresankh was buried in a shaft (G 7410B) with two rooms. Horbaef was buried inshaft G 7420A.

Meresankh's sarcophagus was found and removed during the 1927 excavations and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The sarcophagus is made of red granite and is inscribed on all four sides. The photograph provided by the BMFA shows arectangular sarcophagus. The side shown is decorated with a facade of a palace. In the center the doors to the palace are shown. The sarcophagus of Meresankh is decorated with an Anubis-jackal on the lid and offering-lists on ends.