Little is known of Nefertari, the first chief queen of Ramesses the Great, but her stunning tomb is a testament to the high regard in which her husband held her. Like his predecessors, Ramesses II had ...

Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli, famed for rediscovering Queen Nefertari’s tomb, left behind remarkable gifts that now rest in a Franciscan monastery in Tuscany. From humble woven mats of ...

She was the one for whom the sun shines, the great royal wife of the most powerful pharaoh in Egyptian history, but when Ramses II built the tomb for Queen Nefertari, he did something strange, he ...