Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ...

CAIRO(Reuters) - High-resolution scans suggest the tomb of Ancient Egypt's boy-king Tutankhamun contains passages to two hidden chambers, including what one British archaeologist believes is the last ...

She is an enduring global symbol of beauty, power and mystery who has fascinated Hitler, Beyonce and Arab Spring activists alike: Queen Nefertiti, whose name translates to "the beautiful one has come, ...

A petition launched early last month calling for the repatriation of a bust depicting the Ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti from Berlin’s Neues Museum has reached nearly 10,000 signatures. “Egypt has ...

"We announce today that Egypt - this is the national committee, it is not a government committee - asks for the return of the bust of Nefertiti, and this is the letter, what I need from everyone here ...

When Queen Nefertiti’s bust was revealed to the world in 1920’s, she caused a commotion in the fashion and beauty industry. “You would see hair salons, for example, in America have replicas of her ...

The hunt for Egypt’s most famous queen has reached a breaking point, splitting the scientific world into two rival camps.

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 ...

CAIRO -- Egypt's antiquities chief said Sunday he will formally demand the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from a Berlin museum after confirming it was sneaked out of Cairo ...

Egypt's top archaeologist has formally requested the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti that has been in a Berlin museum for decades, the latest move in his eight-year-old campaign ...

The century­-long battle over the return of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti from Germany to its homeland is continuing. In the North Dome Room of the Neues Museum in Berlin stands the ...