Celebrity archaeologists perennially announce that they’re close to unearthing the tomb of Nefertiti, perhaps ancient Egypt’s most powerful queen. She first tantalized the modern world with her beauty ...
CAIRO — The splendor of the Queen of the Nile is the star not of any Egyptian museum, but of the Neues Museum in the German capital, Berlin, where thousands admire the 3,400-year-old bust of Nefertiti ...
Prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawass recently said that he is certain that a mummy he is currently studying will turn out to be that of Queen Nefertiti. Hawass, who has been studying Egyptian history ...
"We announce today that Egypt - this is the national committee, it is not a government committee - asks for the return of the bust of Nefertiti, and this is the letter, what I need from everyone here ...
Combined with findings from the University of York, the data suggests that artisans first fashioned the piece for Queen Nefertiti and only later altered it for the boy-king. York researchers noted ...
Bust of Nefertiti in Neues Museum, Berlin Philip Pikart via Wikimedia Commons under CC 3.0 “Life-sized painted bust of the queen, 47 cm high. With the flat-cut blue wig, which also has a ribbon ...
Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during the 14th century B.C., ...
The final highlight of the Neues Museum tour focuses on the world's most famous and controversial Egyptian family: the Amarna royals. Meet the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten—son of Queen Tiye—and see the ...
The Krewe of Nefertiti takes its name from the ancient Egyptian queen, but this year’s parade theme looks to the stars and celestial inspirations with Planet Nefertiti. The parade’s 14 floats will ...