Nefertiti, stepmother of boy king Tutankhamun, ruled Egypt from 1353BC to 1336BC with her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten. He established his own religion, arousing the wrath of his people.

A team of Czech researchers discovered the skeletons of two women and a newborn buried more than 6,000 years ago in a flint mine in the Krumlov Forest, in southern Moravia in the Czech Republic. The ...

Cranial deformation in the ancient world, head of the statue of a princess, one of six daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1350 BC. Credit: Manfred ...

Detail of Monte D’Accoddi. Credit: Gianni Careddu / Wikimedia Commons That initial structure, perhaps built by the Ozieri culture, was abandoned or destroyed around 3000 BCE. Traces of fire have been ...

Tutankhamun #Nefertiti #Akhenaten Was the throne held by a Queen before Tutankhamun was old enough to rule? This question has intrigued Egyptologists and historians. The story begins in the 18th ...

A major anniversary makes this the perfect time to discover Egypt's ancient treasures for yourself.

Minister: First, because Nefertiti cannot by any means be buried in the Valley of the Kings, since she, along with her husband Akhenaten, abandoned the Amun cult for the god Aten, and Thebes is ...