Nefertiti

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Nefertiti

Joann Fletcher’s constant research of Nefertiti and ancient Egypt led

her to believe that an unidentified mummy is the long-forgotten queen

Nefertiti. Many things found near or on the body pointed to their

identification such as the fact that it was a woman who died sometime

between the ages of twenty and thirty during the eighteenth dynasty,

the impression of a tight band around her skull and the positioning

and mutilation of her arms and body. Many busts that were made

flaunting her beauty greatly resemble the mummy in the initial

appearance and the exceptionally long neck. She was a powerful and

prideful woman, and now she will hopefully once again be admired by

people of the world. It is only logical to assume that the mutilated

mummy found in a secret chamber of Amenhotep II’s tomb is the queen

Nefertiti.

When the mummy was examined, Egyptologists x-rayed the entire body

starting with the face. They found that her wisdom teeth were not

fully developed meaning she was a young teenager, but the rest of h...

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