Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

This artifact was found, rather mysteriously, in the lavish tomb of Queen Nefertari, one of the royal wives of Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great, who ruled from about 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C.

Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, is one of the best-known queens of Egypt along with such figures as the infamous Cleopatra. Ramesses II called her “The One for Whom the Sun Shines.” ...

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 ... these carvings were ...

The Hereditary Princess, greatly favored, sweet of love, Mistress of the South and North, fair of face, beauteous with the ...

The VR tour shows you Queen Nefertari’s tomb in a way no other person has seen it in a century, lit by oil lamps and devoid of artificial lighting—except for your hand-held flashlights, giving ...

Nefertari was the royal wife of Pharaoh Ramses II, and her beauty was unmatched. So was her tomb—the walls are painted with beautiful images of the queen and a starry sky on the ceiling.

The tomb of Queen Nefertari was discovered in 1904 by an Italian mission headed by the scientist Ernesto Schiaparelli. In 1986, the Paul Getty Institute, in cooperation with the Supreme Council of ...

Queen Nefertari's tomb is closed to the public—unless you book the Egypt package in our World on Sale event, which includes a private, guided tour of her resting place.

An image of Nefertari, taken from inside her tomb. (Credit: The Yorck Project/Wikimedia) After years of speculation, researchers have proven that a pair of mummified knees found in Egypt's Valley of ...

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 ...