Hetepheres also provided her daughter with a black granite sarcophagus decorated with palace facades for Meresankh's burial.

[2] Her tomb was discovered by archeologist George Reisner on April 23, 1927,[3] with subsequent excavations undertaken by his team on behalf of Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Her sarcophagus and skeleton are today located in the Cairo Museum; the latter reveals that she was 1.54 metres (5'1") tall and between 50–55 years at her death.

[1] An anthropological study suggested, that she might have suffered from bilateral silent sinus syndrome.

[5] A limestone statue depicting Queen Hetepheres embracing her late daughter Meresankh was found in her tomb and is today located in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.