This is the face of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, stunningly reconstructed ... the first woman to wield absolute power in the ancient world - were destroyed after her death. But now scientists ...

Contrary to popular opinion, one of the most famous women in ancient history did not rule Egypt, according to a new book. Dr Joyce Tyldesley, an Egyptologist from The University of Manchester, says ...

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Dominic Montserrat, whose Akhenaten book is subtitled History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, noted that we ... began to portray Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti, in unusually natural and intimate ...

Yet a 3,370 year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti has been in Berlin since ... The Rosetta Stone, on display in London's British ...

The discovery could shine new light on one of ancient Egypt's most turbulent times, and one prominent researcher has theorized that the Nefertiti's remains could be inside. British Egyptologist ...

Bust of Nefertiti, Egyptian Museum, Berlin. The solar deity was a pretty big deal for the Ancient Egyptians ... or the pyramids of the Queens. Of the larger, the first, smaller pyramid is Menkaune ...

In ancient Thebes ... Tanet the name Nefertiti, and told her it is the gods' will that she marries Amenophis. Capturing Tumos, Benakon blackmails Nefertiti into becoming Queen of the Nile.

Queen Nefertiti's bust is a tourist magnet in Berlin, but there are arguments about repatriation.