The lost tomb of Queen Nefertiti
The lost tomb of Queen Nefertiti
Nefertiti's tomb was never discovered.The chamber from the main corridor must turn right a design reserved for Egyptian queens.The structure of the tomb suggests Queen Nefertiti may have been located in one of the secret chambers. Two sealed chambers lie behind the northern and western walls of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun the female pharaoh known as Neferneferuaten who was also the throne-bearer before Tutankhamun ascended to the throne. Although this identification remains a matter of ongoing debate when a Spanish group of art reconstruction experts conducted detailed scans of Tutankhamun's tomb high-resolution images were used to create a model of the surrounding area.
Behind King Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, the scans revealed no hidden cavities in King Tut's burial chamber. Two previous ground-based radar scans had been conducted to search for Queen Nefertiti's tomb. The first intriguingly indicated a cavity behind the wall of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber while the second indicated no hidden chambers. Two sealed doors are located on the northern and western walls of the tomb. A crack believed to indicate a door was discovered in February when scanning images revealed a doorway that likely led to a storage room but the larger one was more likely Queen Nefertiti.
Three mummies from the tomb of Amenhotep II were identified as Nefertiti. Of the two mummies excavated in the Valley of the Kings the hieroglyphics found in King Tutankhamun's tomb provided further evidence that Nefertiti was buried there. Nefertiti's identity was further clarified.
The sudden disappearance of Queen Nefertiti from historical records.The most powerful queen of ancient Egypt when her iconic bust appeared in 1912 is one of the most significant works of ancient Egyptian art. It was the work of Egyptian sculptor Thutmose.The scene depicted in Tutankhamun's bedroom depicts a figure with facial features often associated with Nefertiti. Nefertiti a legendary beauty worshipped the sun god Aten. In her fifth or ninth year of reign she grew up in the royal court of Thebes. Nefertiti was also renamed Neferneferuaten after Amenhotep III changed her name to Akhenaten.
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