Posted on 09/22/2022 7:06:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A prominent Egyptologist has boldly claimed to have solved one archaeology’s greatest mysteries: the location of Queen Nefertiti’s mummified remains.
Zahi Hawass, the previous Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs in Egypt, is part of the Egypt-led team that undertook a high-profile excavation in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings that allegedly uncovered amulets once owned by King Tut. The team announced last December that they had also unearthed several unnamed mummies, one of which Hawass believes is the famed ruler.
“We already have DNA from the 18th dynasty mummies, from Akhenaten to Amenhotep II or III, and there are two unnamed mummies labeled KV21a and b,” he told Newsweek. “In October we will be able to announce the discovery of the mummy of Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun’s wife, and her mother, Nefertiti.”
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Neferneferuaten Nefertiti ruled alongside her husband, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, some 3,300 years ago during a period of affluence and immense social turmoil. Amenhotep IV converted the country from polytheism to a monotheistic cult dedicated to the sun’s disk, Aton. He changed his name to Akhenaten, meaning “beneficial to Aten,” and moved the capital from Thebes to a hastily built city named Akhetaten, meaning “horizon of the god Aten.” After his death, Egypt’s traditional culture was restored and most monuments to Akhenaten were defaced or destroyed. He was excluded from the lists of rulers maintained by the kingdom and the details of his and Nefertiti’s burials were obscured.
“I am still looking for two things: [Nefertiti’s] grave and her body,” Hawass said. “I really believe that Nefertiti ruled Egypt for three years after Akhenaten’s death under the name of Smenkhkare.”
Hawass’s alleged discovery of Nefertiti is the fourth in seven years. Most recently, archaeologist Nicholas Reeves proposed that the Egyptian Queen was hiding in a concealed chamber in the large tomb of the King Tutankhamun, which was unearthed in 1922. A more controversial theory, first publicized in 2003, claimed she was one of three unnamed mummies found within the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. Both theories have been dismissed by Egypt’s Ministry of Culture.
Hawass has faced his share of critism, too. In 2021, Egyptologist Bassam al-Shammaa told Al-Monitor that he doubts whether Hawass “will find the mummy and the original tomb of Nefertiti in Luxor for religious and political reasons, most notably among which is the enmity with the priests of Amun-Ra after her husband Akhenaten called for worshipping the god Aten and she supported him.”
He added: “There are many hurdles to the discovery of Nefertiti’s tomb, given her mysterious life about which only a little was revealed. It is said that ancient Egypt’s most famous figures are the most mysterious ones.”
Hawass. Again.
That gal really gets around.
We have a mummy of our own...
residing in the White House right now. It’s more like a walking dead, as witnessed by how ‘it’ walks and has a dead stare.
This guy is to Egyptology what fauci is to vaccines
She’s old, but as wiley as all get-out.
Bkmk
He’s the Geraldo of Egypt.
Is that Nefre-titi?
Something like that, I think.
Complete with Capone’s safe.
Bet it looks just like Pelosi.
Nefertiti pulled off one of the most amazing cover-ups in history.
She loses her oldest son the crown prince (Tutankhamen) suddenly (as does every Egyptian family in one night). She then suddenly loses her husband and most of the army, drowned in the Red Sea after expelling all of the Hebrews, which brought Egypt the affluence mentioned.
Egypt is powerless, having been defeated militarily, socially, morally, and economically; and her enemies are yet unaware what has happened. Their leader and army is at the bottom of the Red Sea.
She keeps her husband alive by propaganda, marries another to keep up appearances (name change), then changes the country to monotheism, because all of the Egyptian gods were defeated by plagues. The she moves the capitol in haste to complete the cover-up and for security; most likely to her traditional family land.
Hawass Is a conman. They have dna, that’s true. 70% of the UK shares dna with the Pharos. While only 3% of modern-day Egyptians share that same dna.
Lost in translation...
“Nefertiti” is quite incorrect.
It is a “long i”.
Her name should be pronounced in the original
language as it was : “Never Tighty”
Maybe they were triplets.
My wife, adult daughter and I saw him speak at a local library event about 6 weeks ago. We often had seen him on Discovery channels and my home-schooled daughter learned a fair bit about Egyptology from his programs; it was kind-of a treat to see him in person.
The lecture was mostly a slide show of him at sites, mostly with various celebrities and presidents. The main thing I recall is that he said “Josh Gates talks too much”. (Gates is a host of Discovery program ‘Expedition Unknown’ which has featured Hawass a few times).
He boosted his Egyptian tours, and sold books and autographs in the lobby (free with a book). We didn’t buy one, but it was still an entertaining evening (he really is full of himself).
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