FIND OF THE CENTURY - Queen Nefertiti's long-lost tomb has been discovered.
Two mummies lying in the Valley of Kings could be the remains of Nefertiti and Ankhesenamun, the wife of Tutankhamun, with DNA tests expected to confirm whether or not the remains are the Ancient Egyptian queens.
Over 3,000 years ago, Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti decided to abandon worship of the Egyptian gods in favour of what the Pharaoh called the one true God — rejecting a millennia of tradition.
His son, Tutankhamun — the last of his royal family to rule — turned against his father and restored the pantheon of Egyptian gods.
But after they were both dead, the high priests destroyed monotheist monuments created by Akhenaten and struck both of their names from their record, banishing the two Pharaohs from the history books.
Now, thousands of years after the end of Egypt's 18th dynasty, the Queens who ruled alongside both Akhenaten and Tutankhamun — may have been found.
Two of the most important women in Egyptian history could be brought to life if DNA evidence confirms their identities.
CT scans could be used to replicate the facial features of the two queens, scholars have said.
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