Live Science just ran interview with noted Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass about his research into the location of the tomb of queen Nefertit: The article starts
Zahi Hawass, perhaps the world’s most famous archaeologist, hopes to discover the tomb of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti before he retires, and he says he may be getting close.
“If I made this discovery, I think I would be happy to end my career with the most important discovery of the most important queen of Egypt — Queen Nefertiti,” Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian antiquities minister, says in “The Man with the Hat,” a new documentary about his life and career. The film, directed by Jeffrey Roth, will premiere on multiple streaming platforms Jan. 20.
Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten, a pharaoh who reigned from 1353 to 1336 B.C. and unleashed a religious revolution aimed at focusing Egypt’s polytheistic religion around the worship of the Aten, the sun disk. At times, Nefertiti was displayed in ways that normally only a pharaoh would be shown, such as smiting an enemy. Some Egyptologists, including Hawass, believe she ruled as a pharaoh for a time after Akhenaten’s death, taking on the new name Neferneferuaten.
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