Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

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

Italian archaeologists found a pair of mummified knees in Nefertari's tomb in 1904. For the first time, tests indicate that the knees belonged to the great queen herself.

Nefertari, who he dubbed "the one for whom the sun shines," lived alongside her husband as his "great royal wife." Curator Lisa Rotondo-McCord, right, ...

When Nefertari died, she was sealed into her tomb as was customary. Ramesses then ordered two enormous temples to be built, carved out of the cliffs of Abu Simbel in Nubia , south of Thebes.

Nefertari, if you need to brush up on your ancient Egyptian politics, was the wife of King Ramses II. She was “a striking woman who I think exerted a quiet power behind the throne,” Joann ...

Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, is one of the best-known queens of Egypt along with such figures as the infamous Cleopatra. Ramesses II called her “The One for Whom the Sun Shines.” ...

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 exhibit 'Queen Nefertari’s Egypt,' which includes 230 3000-year-old artifacts, is coming to The New Orleans Musuen of art in March. (Photo courtesy the New Orleans Museum of Art) ...