National Geographic: Nefertiti and The Lost Dynasty

It's among the most tantalizing mysteries in all of ancient Egyptian archaeology: What became of the legendary Queen Nefertiti and Akhenaten, the radical pharaoh and probable father of King Tutankhamun? And why were the relics of their fabled Amarna dynasty deliberately obliterated by later rulers. Now, an international team of scientists sets out to solve the riddle of Nefertiti's disappearance and the fate of her royal family. Using state-of-the-art-CT scanning technology to examine mummies linked to the Amarna mystery, researchers will produce the first detailed 3-D images of the remains- and unravel stunning, new answers to the 3,300 year-old puzzle of Nefertiti and the Lost Dynast

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