This is the face of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, stunningly reconstructed ... the first woman to wield absolute power in the ancient world - were destroyed after her death. But now scientists ...

Contrary to popular opinion, one of the most famous women in ancient history did not rule Egypt, according to a new book. Dr Joyce Tyldesley, an Egyptologist from The University of Manchester, says ...

As the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti played a major role in Egyptian politics ... also honoring the ancient queen. The royal consort’s memory goes far beyond trends — it helps shape ...

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Bust of Nefertiti, Egyptian Museum, Berlin. The solar deity was a pretty big deal for the Ancient Egyptians ... but when she became queen of Egypt at eighteen law prohibited women from ruling ...

Dominic Montserrat, whose Akhenaten book is subtitled History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, noted that we ... began to portray Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti, in unusually natural and intimate ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

Queen Nefertiti's bust is a tourist magnet in Berlin, but there are arguments about repatriation.

In ancient Thebes ... Tanet the name Nefertiti, and told her it is the gods' will that she marries Amenophis. Capturing Tumos, Benakon blackmails Nefertiti into becoming Queen of the Nile.