In Berlin, the world gazes at the most famous face of ancient Egypt—but is the bust of Nefertiti real, or a Nazi-forged replica hidden since World War II? Follow the trail to Florence, where Ramses II ...

On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be the most striking find in the history of Egyptology. Ludwig Borchardt, the German ...

An Egyptian archaeologist believes he's narrowing in on the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, the legendary queen whose burial site has eluded historians for generations. Zahi Hawass is the subject of a new ...

Cleopatra is one of the most iconic figures of Ancient Egypt; yet little actual evidence remains of her reign. On a dusty desert plain, 75 miles from Cairo, archaeologist Basem Gehad is hoping to ...

The powerful Egyptian Queen’s final resting place is still a mystery. Nefertiti's life details are sparse; much known is largely conjecture. Archaeologist Zahi Hawass believes he may be close to ...

Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, whose name can be translated as "The Beautiful Woman has Come", was a great queen of Ancient Egypt during its 18th – and perhaps its wealthiest – dynasty. After her husband ...

BERLIN — When Monica Hanna first visited Berlin in 2007, even before checking into her hotel, she rushed to the Altes Museum to visit Nefertiti. The Egyptian archeology graduate student was eager to ...

Let’s be honest – we’ve all seen that face. It’s the impossibly symmetrical features, the knowing half-smile, and that blue crown. It looks both ancient and utterly contemporary. This isn’t just an ...

One hundred years ago, in a courtyard at the Neues Museum in Berlin, the world came face to face for the first time with one of its most enduring beauty icons: Queen Nefertiti. Discovered in Egypt in ...

The Hong Kong Palace Museum will present Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums opening on 20 November 2025 and running until 31 August 2026, in a major exhibition organised in ...