The woman they termed the Huarmey Queen was in her own private chamber, which contained jewelry, a silver goblet, a ceremonial axe, golden weaving tools, and a host of other luxury items. 

The royal women were part of the Wari (Huari) culture, who flourished in the area for 600 years, from abtou A.D. 500 to A.D. 1000. Other Wari ruins have been found at Cerro Baul, Chiclayo, Pikillaqta, and Wari (the capital).

Another clue that these were royal women was that archaeologists found evidence of teeth missing consistent with decay due to the regular consumption of a sugary, corn-based drink called chicha, which only the Wari elite could drink. As well, unearthed along with the tomb was a canal leading from the queen's tomb to the associated outside chambers and in the tomb was found chicha residue.

What the queen looked like became the focal point for Giresz and the ultimate sculptor, archaeologist Oscar Nilsson, a well-known restorer of ancient visages. He has done similar reconstructions in England (of the "Stonehenge Man") and in his native Sweden.

Nillson made close study of the facial skeleton, which was very much intact, and then relied both on estimates of flesh and muscle thickness and photographs of modern people living in the area. After 220 hours of detailed focus, Nillson was finished and the Huarmey Queen gazed out again at the world.

The finished reconstruction is now on display at the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, Poland, as part of an exhibition of Peruvian artifacts.