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.

The “Queen Nefertari’s Egypt” exhibition has arrived at the Portland Art Museum. The exhibit gives visitors a window into the lives and roles that Egyptian royal women played between 1292 ...

Queen Nefertari's knees PLOS One 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 ...

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

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 ...

The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that it is studying the possibility of reopening the tomb of Queen Nefertari on the West Bank of Luxor for visitors, as part of the Ministry of Tourism and ...

The crypt, which had been lost for millennia, showed signs of long-ago disaster. Two things were clear to the archaeologist: This tomb was once the final resting place of Queen Nefertari.

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 ...

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 ...