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Experts say mummy is not that of Nefertiti
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CAIRO, Egypt -- A mummy displayed on the Discovery Channel as the probable remains of Queen Nefertiti is actually a male skeleton, according to Egyptian state archaeologists.
"Examinations show that it was that of a male, between the ages of 16 and 19," the spokesman of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hassan Nasrallah, said Monday.
The Discovery Channel broadcast pictures of the mummy in June, quoting archaeologist Joann Fletcher of Britain's York University as saying there was a "strong possibility" the mummy was that of Nefertiti.
A queen famed for her beauty -- her name meant "the beautiful woman has come" -- Nefertiti was married to the Pharaoh Akhenaton, who ruled 1379-1362 B.C. Two statues of Nefertiti, now in the Egyptian museums in Cairo and Berlin, depict her with high cheekbones, full lips, almond-shaped eyes and a long neck.
The mummy was found more than a century ago in a tomb containing other mummies known as KV35 in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, southern Egypt.
Fletcher took a new interest in the mummies after she found a royal wig in the tomb
Originally posted by Byrd
Experts say mummy is not that of Nefertiti
Originally posted by Jimcrispi
Gazork I wouldnt trust Hawass as far as I could through the Sphynx. This wouldnt be the only time he has talked BS. I think he got his degree from the back of a match book cover.
Originally posted by Gazrok
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Regardless of what is being said, she made some pretty compelling comments... One thing is for sure, Nefertiti was not properly buried in the tomb prepared for her...