DNA technology used to identify mummy of Queen Nefertiti – Egypt Today

  • Date: 14-Aug-2022
  • Source: Egypt Today
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  • Country:Egypt
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DNA technology used to identify mummy of Queen Nefertiti – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 14 August 2022: Nicholas Reeves once claimed that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a secret room behind the tomb of King Tutankhamun. This claim was published in a foreign newspaper in a research, on August 13, 2015.But after studies were conducted in the cemetery using the latest radar equipment, it was found that the British researcher was wrong. Recently, prominent archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass shed light on Queen Nefertiti and King Tutankhamun in statements to a number of international newspapers. Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass attended a seminar at the 19th Magna Graecia Film Festival. The symposium was held in a cinema in Catanzaro, and was presented by the festival's president, Gian Vito. Hawass announced that former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el-Enani will hold an international conference in the attendance of 40 archaeologists from all over the world, to discuss the antiquities and history of the Golden Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Hawas will also tackle holding a gala dinner inside Luxor Temple and opening Howard Carter's house as a museum, with a huge celebration that is set to be held in front of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, according