When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...

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Nefertiti: Inside the hunt for a heretic queen STRANGE echoes, indentations and touched-up artwork inside Tutankhamun’s famous tomb have revealed important new chambers.

The tomb of Tutankhamun, the king of ancient Egypt who became famous when Howard Carter discovered his tomb nearly intact in 1922, is now a hot topic again. That's because Dr Nicholas Reeves, an ...

Nefertiti is often described as Tut's mother but she was his stepmother. His real mother is known as the Younger Lady, an informal name given to the mummy inside the tomb KV35 in the Valley of the ...

Zahi Hawass , Friday 4 Aug 2023 Despite recent claims to the contrary, there is little evidence that the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is buried behind the walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

As this dates to the 16th year of Akhenaten’s reign, it is believed that Nefertiti outlived her husband, who died in the 17th year of his reign. Has Queen Nefertiti's tomb in Egypt been found?