Ancient Egyptian Mask Of King Tutankhamun Or Queen Nefertiti. The Most Popular King & Queen Statues in Your Hand Brought To You From Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Mask of King Tutankhamun or Queen Nefertiti. You'll be impressed by the quality & great details , made of Basalt King Tutankhamun : The 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's nearly intact tomb, funded by Lord Carnarvon, received worldwide press coverage. It sparked a renewed public interest in ancient Egypt, for which Tutankhamun's mask, now in the Egyptian Museum, remains the popular symbol. Exhibits of artifacts from his tomb have toured the world. in February 2010, the results of DNA tests confirmed that he was the son of the mummy found in the tomb KV55, believed by some to be Akhenaten. His mother was his father's sister & wife, whose name is unknown but whose remains are positively identified as The Younger Lady mummy found in KV35. The deaths of a few involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's mummy have been popularly attributed to the curse of the pharaohs. Queen Nefertiti : Nefertiti first appears on the scene when she becomes the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten. Scholars still debate her origins, some believing that she was a princess from another land. She gave birth to six daughters. It is possible that she also had sons, although no record has been found of this. Nefertiti is displayed with a prominence that other Egyptian queens were not. Her name in hieroglyphics is enclosed in a royal cartouche, & there are in fact more statues & drawings of her than of Akhenaten. Some have even claimed that it was Nefertiti, not Akhenaten, who instigated the monotheistic religion of Aton. It is around Year 15 that Nefertiti mysteriously disappears from view. It could be that she died, although no indication of this exists to this date. Some scholars think that she was banished for some reason, & lived the rest of her years in the northern palace. Ancient Egyptian Mask Of King Tutankhamun Or Queen Nefertiti. The Most Popular King & Queen Statues in Your Hand Brought To You From Egypt