CAIRO — Former UA scholar Nicholas Reeves believes the tomb of King Tutankhamun may not have revealed all its secrets. And the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities agrees with him. In a news ...

Akhenaten’s successor, Pharaoh Neferneferuaten (who was most likely his wife, Nefertiti), never received a kingly burial. So, it’s likely that her material was repurposed for Tutankhamun very ...

However, Aidan Dodson, a professor of Eqyptology and author of several books on the Amarna period, makes a slightly different argument.Akhenaten’s successor, Pharaoh Neferneferuaten (who was most ...

THE chilling face of a mummy that died screaming in agony can be seen for the first time in 3,500 years after experts rebuilt her likeness. After a recent study revealed a painful death was to blam… ...

THE chilling secrets of ancient Egyptian “crocodile cults” have been unveiled thanks to a 3,000-year-old mummy. It has taken thousands of years for academics to figure out how the scaly… ...

Nefertiti changed her name too, to Neferneferuaten. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our daily newsletter. The best of Artnet News in your inbox.

One recent theory holds that Meritaten first served as a queen with her father. Then, when youngest sister Neferneferuaten came of age, she was crowned king, with the older sister maintaining the ...

Ay, Tut's successor who had been an advisor to his mother, Neferneferuaten, and father, Akhenaten, during their reign, essentially wiped him clean from Egypt's history, she claimed, moving his ...

Zahi Hawass, Friday 4 Aug 2023. Despite recent claims to the contrary, there is little evidence that the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is buried behind the walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

He also changed his name, from Amenhotep to Akhenaten ("he who serves Aten"), while Nefertiti became Neferneferuaten ("beautiful is the beauty of Aten").

Upon Akhenaten’s death, it is theorized that Nefertiti became pharaoh under the name Neferneferuaten, before her stepson Tutankhamun ascended the throne. [in-text-ad-2] Stele of the Assyrian ...