Originally posted on artnet News.
Does the tomb of Tutankhamun hold a secret passageway to the burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti? One researcher believes he has found evidence of a sealed-off door that he believes led to the famously beautiful Egyptian ruler’s tomb.
Nicholas Reeves of the University of Arizona has published a paper, “The Burial of Nefertiti?” based on his belief that high-resolution scans of the tomb (taken to create a life-size copy of the space) show traces of two walled-over doorways beneath the painted walls. He speculates that the “ghost” doorways would have led to a storage chamber and to “the undisturbed…
via King Tut’s Tomb May Hold Nefertiti’s Lost Tomb – artnet News.
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Nefertiti looks powerful, and attractive. It would be nice of they could find her tomb. Especially now that Egyptians are in charge of the excavations. ( I like Frank’s poem too)
Best wishes, Pete.
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It would be amazing, Pete.
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“the Lord of Crowns, Akhenaten, great in his lifetime.
90 And the great Queen whom he loves,
the Lady of the Two Lands :
Nefer-neferu-Aten Nefertiti,
who lives and is rejuvenated forever and ever.”
from the Great Hymn to the Aten, written by Tut’s father on the walls of Amarna in 1160 BC
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Thanks, Frank, for that little snippet.
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