Found: Queen Nefertiti's Mummy

The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | 6-8-2003 | Jack Grinston

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June 08, 2003

Found: Queen Nefertiti’s mummy

Jack Grimston

BRITISH archeologists believe they may have identified the body of one of the most legendary beauties of the ancient world.

They are confident a tattered mummy found in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings is probably Queen Nefertiti, stepmother of the boy king Tutankhamun and one of the most powerful women in ancient Egypt.

The conclusion has been made after 12 years of research, using clues such as fragments of a wig and the piercing of the mummy’s ears. The breakthrough came after the Egyptian authorities allowed the 3,500-year-old body to be examined in detail for the first time.

Under a pile of ancient linen, archeologists found a broken-off arm bent in a way that was permitted only if the dead person was a pharaoh or queen.

Joann Fletcher, a key member of the research team from York University, said: “It’s a royal woman of the late 18th dynasty who wielded tremendous power. There are not many who fit that description. We can never have cast-iron certainty that it is Nefertiti but we have narrowed it right down.”

The mummy was originally found with two others by a French team in 1898. It was walled up in a side chamber of the tomb of King Amenhotep II. The body’s poor condition meant it drew little attention.

It was photographed only once, in 1907, before the chamber was walled up again. Since then it has been known simply as “the younger woman”.

Fletcher’s interest in the mummy was sparked when she noticed the photograph’s resemblance to a Nefertiti bust on display in Berlin since the 1920s whose beautiful face makes it one of the best-known images of ancient Egypt. It shows a woman with a long neck, high cheekbones and a slender nose. The name Nefertiti means “a beautiful woman has come”.

The bust was found at Amarna, where Nefertiti’s husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten, had his capital in the 14th century BC. But after his death he was branded a heretic and anything connected with his reign was destroyed.

“Nefertiti is the big name. She is such a phenomenally important Egyptian figure and she is an icon because of that bust in Berlin,” said Fletcher.

[aruanan]

So...... Whadayathink?

They got the "tattered mummy" part right.

[7 x 77]

Today's foxxy Mid-East Queen.

[fightu4it]

They say the concept of female beauty changes over the years. I would suggest that a woman with her features has always been considered a knock-out.

[Skywalk]

Everything above the mouth, yeah.

But what's with her mouth?!

Sorry, Laurie Dhue and Lauren Green have normal mouths, therefore I find them more attractive.

And can Jen stop that shoulder-shimmy, what's da dill wit that?

[Skywalk]

You know people like to bash Hillary, and I do too, but you have to admit she has a nice facial structure. In her younger days, had she not been a militant fem, she probably would have some beautiful pictures left over.

[Tribune7]

Found: Queen Nefertiti’s mummy

Now all they have to do is find her daddy and they will be a family once again.

[ezo4]

I absolutly hate websites that play stupid music right away- Thanks

[Batrachian]

Sorry, just a little play on names. Rigby Reardon was the detective played by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

A poor joke, but a great movie.

[7 x 77]

Jennifer Eccleston's pouty mouth with glossy lipstick and her swivelling head are what puts her over the top. How many can combine tough, smart career woman with flirty, airhead girl -- I can't take my eyes off her.

And how about when she was reporting at 2 am from Aman Jordan in that white, fluffy coat with the wind blowing her long blond hair -- oh, yes!

[Straight Vermonter]

I think this is probably closer.

[freedumb2003]

>>So, it takes 3500 years to find and identify Nefertiti, so why the rush with Saddam and Bin Laden? <<

They're looking for WMD's:

Women Mummies Decomposing

[7 x 77]

[fish hawk]

Better not let Slick Willy see that mummy. He will try to jump her bones. Remember the mummy he looked at and made a lewd remark? Someone of you may have that in your files.

[fightu4it]

"And how about when she was reporting at 2 am from Aman Jordan in that white, fluffy coat with the wind blowing her long blond hair -- oh, yes!"

Oh, yes! Why shouldn't the ladies on Fox look as feminine as they want. What great joy after 30+ years of looking at these cropped headed, no make-up, shrill leftist types that have dominated the scene. I'm seeing more dresses and fewer pants too. I love it!

[Skywalk]

She's definitely good-looking, but it's almost like she has a nerve condition in her lower face.

Her mouth is crooked or something.
And no glossy lipstick.

[strela]

Famous Last Quotes:

"Not tonight, its my pyramid." - Queen Nefertiti

[7 x 77]

more dresses and fewer pants too

Wow, when is that on!!

[carlo3b]

So, she was his step-mother and also his mother-in-law. And, he actually married a half-sister.

GEEEZE  This isn't funny... DUH... With my palm hitting my forehead
..... it is therefore possible they are Arkansians!!.. ;)

[StACase]

I absolutly hate websites that play stupid music right away- Thanks

I put "I'm My Own Grandpa" into my trusty search engine, and that's the first one that popped up. You don't like it! ....... :-)

[StACase]

I think this is probably closer.

Probably closer?! You nailed it!