This is Ancient on Instagram: "This is how Pharaoh Merneptah may have looked when he was alive — more than 3,200 years ago. Merneptah was the fourth pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty, ruling from 1213 to 1203 BCE. He was the son and successor of Ramesses II, inheriting one of the most powerful empires of the Late Bronze Age. Though he came to the throne late in life, likely in his 60s, his decade-long reign was marked by military campaigns and the famous Merneptah Stele. His mummy was discov