This video explores the life and significance of Queen Nefertari, the Great Royal Wife of Ramses II. Nefertari was highly educated, able to read and write hieroglyphs, and married Ramses II at the age ...

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.

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, 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, of course, is not to be confused with another famous Egyptian queen, Nefertiti, whose remains have yet to be found. Your guide to a better future . US France Germany Japan Korea .

"Queen Nefertari’s Egypt" will continue from March 18 to July 17. During the run of the show, NOMA will be open daily, with extended hours. Adult admission will be $25, with senior, student, and ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Eisa Nefertari Ulen is the author of Crystelle Mourning (Atria) and a professor of African and diaspora literature at New York's Hunter College. A Pulitzer Center grantee, ...