For the first time, explorers enter the deep, damaged tomb of the heretic pharaoh with only torchlight. Inside, they find heartbreaking carvings of Akhenaten and Nefertiti mourning their dead daughter ...

Discovering Nefertiti's tomb would resolve long-standing debates, such as whether she ruled as a pharaoh under the name Neferneferuaten after the death of her husband, Akhenaten.

What makes Queen Nefertiti so difficult to find is not only the absence of a tomb, but the absence of certainty in general: her mummy has never been discovered, nor has Akhenaten’s, so there is no ...

The discovery of Akhenaten -- The private tombs of Amarna -- The tombs in the Royal Wadi -- The boundary stelae -- The buried evidence: the early finds -- The buried evidence: the later finds -- The ...