From lavish treasures, to advancements in various sciences, sorcery and even curses, Ancient Egypt has always been associated to as much mysteries as marvels. Among Ancient Egypt’s many mysteries which has to date puzzled many archaeologists and Egyptologists are the whereabouts of Nefertiti’s remains. Not only was Nefertiti famous for her beauty, which remains evident through her world renowned 3,300-year-old painted limestone bust housed at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, she was also the Great Royal Wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his chief consort. In a speech which took place Harvard’s Science Center in 2013, Marc Gabolde, the director of the archaeological expedition of Université Paul Valery-Montpellier III in the Royal Necropolis at el-Amarna, suggested that “Tutankhamun is the son of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, but that Akhenaten and Nefertiti were cousins.” In 1922, the world was taken aback by the amount of priceless treasures found intact and retrieved from King Tut’s tomb. Yet, if Nefertiti was the mother and wife of two Ancient Egyptian royals, one can only assume the treasures her tomb must enclose. Even though researchers have been on a diligent hunt for the fair Great Royal…
Nefertiti Remains Are Hidden In Tutankhamun’s Tomb, New Theory Suggests
August 12, 2015
