The opening of an exhibition dedicated to the special relationship between Nefertari's tomb and Italy brought the world's most famous Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, and the Italian ambassador to Cairo, ...

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents Queen Nefertari's Egypt, on view March 18-July 17, 2022. As the favorite wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II (reigned 1279-13 BCE), Queen Nefertari had ...

After a lifetime of conquest and building, the great Pharaoh Ramses II faced a loss no army could defeat. The death of his ...

Nefertari, “Beloved of Mut,” was not only the Great Royal Wife of Ramses II but also one of ancient Egypt’s most influential ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) —Recently, the New ...

The conservation of the tomb of Nefertari (no. 66, Valley of the Queens, Egypt) has attracted international concern for many years. Using available photographic and diagrammatic documentation from ...

Along with Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, Nefertari was one of the most celebrated Egyptian queens. She was considered the most beautiful wife of Ramesses the Great, referred to as the “the one ...

During his extraordinary 66-year reign, Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II was famous for his battlefield exploits, his expansion of the Egyptian kingdom and his reproductive prowess, having fathered nearly ...

Little is known of Nefertari, the first chief queen of Ramesses the Great, but her stunning tomb is a testament to the high regard in which her husband held her. Like his predecessors, Ramesses II had ...

Move over, Nefertiti! Queen Nefertari tells her story in “Queen Nefertari’s Egypt,” now on view at the Kimbell Art Museum through March 14. This exhibition explores Egypt’s New Kingdom period (c. 1529 ...

Wait until you see the sandals. They’re weightlessly elegant, made from some sort of natural fiber, woven into a tight pattern that looks a little like snakeskin. The sole is paper-thin, and the ...

It’s a now-familiar story. After five years of fruitless searching, British archaeologist Howard Carter finally in November 1922 made the discovery of the ages. Beneath the debris of the tomb of ...