Post by Διαμονδ on Feb 13, 2018 10:52:35 GMT
Historians used the technology of 3D images to restore the face of the mother of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Researchers say that the "young lady" - a woman whose identity has long been unknown, in fact can be the queen Nefertiti, the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
When Victor Lore first discovered a mysterious figure in the Egyptian Valley of Kings in 1898, he thought that it was a boy, since the head of the mummy was shaved.
This theory was soon debunked, but there were questions: who was this woman and what is her attitude to other mummies found next to her? Some of these questions were answered when DNA studies confirmed that the young lady was the mother of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.
But this did not end the question. It remained unclear what the name of Tutankhamen's mother was. A group of historians have now made the bold statement that the young lady is in fact the queen of Nefertiti, the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
Earlier in the scientific community this possibility was already discussed, but the theory was recognized as highly controversial. First, historians are
whether the husband of a young lady, buried with her in the same tomb, Akhenaten or someone else. And secondly, even if it's him, Pharaoh had another wife, Kiya.
Why is it now claimed that the young lady is Nefertiti? Aiden Dodson of Bristol University made a three-dimensional scan of the skull of a young lady, and then turned to a professional paleo-artist Elizabeth Deinis, who fashioned a realistic bust of the Egyptian's face. It turned out that during her lifetime the woman was very similar to the famous ancient images of Nefertiti, reported on 3ders.org.
But scientists who did not participate in the study find these conclusions unconvincing. The young lady was identified in 2003 as the daughter of Queen Tiah and Amenhotep III, who was buried nearby. Thus, she is the wife and sister of Akhenaten and the mother of Tutankhamun. Nefertiti, according to historical sources, is neither a sister of the king nor a daughter. Her name translates as "Beauty has come", her origin is still disputed - according to one version, Nefertiti was a foreigner.'
www.moya-planeta.ru/news/view/vosstanovlen_oblik_drevneegipetskoj_junoj_ledi_37671/
When Victor Lore first discovered a mysterious figure in the Egyptian Valley of Kings in 1898, he thought that it was a boy, since the head of the mummy was shaved.
This theory was soon debunked, but there were questions: who was this woman and what is her attitude to other mummies found next to her? Some of these questions were answered when DNA studies confirmed that the young lady was the mother of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.
But this did not end the question. It remained unclear what the name of Tutankhamen's mother was. A group of historians have now made the bold statement that the young lady is in fact the queen of Nefertiti, the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
Earlier in the scientific community this possibility was already discussed, but the theory was recognized as highly controversial. First, historians are
whether the husband of a young lady, buried with her in the same tomb, Akhenaten or someone else. And secondly, even if it's him, Pharaoh had another wife, Kiya.Why is it now claimed that the young lady is Nefertiti? Aiden Dodson of Bristol University made a three-dimensional scan of the skull of a young lady, and then turned to a professional paleo-artist Elizabeth Deinis, who fashioned a realistic bust of the Egyptian's face. It turned out that during her lifetime the woman was very similar to the famous ancient images of Nefertiti, reported on 3ders.org.
But scientists who did not participate in the study find these conclusions unconvincing. The young lady was identified in 2003 as the daughter of Queen Tiah and Amenhotep III, who was buried nearby. Thus, she is the wife and sister of Akhenaten and the mother of Tutankhamun. Nefertiti, according to historical sources, is neither a sister of the king nor a daughter. Her name translates as "Beauty has come", her origin is still disputed - according to one version, Nefertiti was a foreigner.'
www.moya-planeta.ru/news/view/vosstanovlen_oblik_drevneegipetskoj_junoj_ledi_37671/
