Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ...

Akhenaten and Nefertiti transformed Egypt through radical religious change, the founding of Amarna, and the elevation of Aten ...

Great royal wife to Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti has long been celebrated for her beauty, but today's Egyptologists are exploring another dimension of her life: her role as powerbroker. Artistic Icon, ...

A genetic investigation by French archaeologist Marc Gabolde is threatening to rewrite the history books on two of ancient Egypt’s most iconic figures. For years, antiquities experts have assumed that ...

Of all the ancient Egyptians who wore kohl, Queen Nefertiti reigns supreme. But the elusive royal was far more than just a pretty face, and it would be unjust to limit her memory to her physique. Not ...

Moreover, the Queen was then only baptised a “coloured queen”. She was also nicknamed “The beautiful one has come”, a literal translation of Nefertiti. But what did she really look like? The question ...

Update, November 10th: preliminary infrared scans have, indeed, found signs of a hidden chamber behind the painting on the north wall. More tests are planned. On the north wall of the burial chamber ...

Zahi Hawass says he will be ready to make the declaration this fall. Zahi Hawass, holding a photo of the bust of Nefertiti housed at the Neues Museum in Berlin, next to a unfinished bust of Nefertiti ...

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The tomb of the fabled Tutankhamun, dug into a crumbling pyramid in Egypt’s vast, sun-baked Valley of Kings, has long been shrouded in superstition and rumor. There’s the mystery of the child king’s ...

Two reports from China prompted me to revisit head binding — intentionally molding babies’ heads into strange shapes. (See my blog post from June 13, 2016, Honey, I Squished the Kids’ Heads!) Known to ...