Nefertiti riddle may be solved

18 March 2016 - 03:05
By Reuters

Egypt has unearthed further evidence that a secret chamber, believed by some to be the lost burial site of Queen Nefertiti, might lie behind King Tutankhamun's tomb, Egypt's antiquities minister said yesterday. There is huge interest in Nefertiti, who died in the 14th century BC and is thought to be Tutankhamun's stepmother.

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