00:00:13forensic experts is on the trail of
00:00:15Nefertiti and that lost Amarna dynasty
00:00:18led by dr. Zahi Hawass Secretary General
00:00:22of Egypt’s Supreme Council of
00:00:24Antiquities and explorer-in-residence
00:00:26for National Geographic they’ve come to
00:00:29a dark and mysterious tomb known as kV
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00:00:35inside a small side chamber two mummies
00:00:39they have been there for centuries
00:00:41without coffins without wrappings some
00:00:46believe they were moved from the
00:00:48original resting place hidden away by
00:00:50priests to protect them from tomb
00:00:52Raider’s both of these mummies have at
00:00:55times been identified as Queen Nefertiti
00:00:58some have claimed that she is the body
00:01:01on the right the so-called elder lady
00:01:04but recently in press reports around the
00:01:07world she has been identified as the
00:01:09mummy on the Left known as the younger
00:01:11lady some scholars they believe that
00:01:17this mummy is for Queen Nefertiti if you
00:01:20are a scientist you cannot announce a
00:01:23discovery unless you are sure hundred
00:01:25percent that this is mummy is for Queen
00:01:28Nefertiti we are now in the beginning of
00:01:32scientific research to find out for the
00:01:34first time through the CT scan machine
00:01:36that can go inside the mummy
00:01:40tonight the team has come for answers
00:01:43their goal to get the scientific
00:01:46evidence that will establish whether
00:01:47either of these mummies could be
00:01:49Nefertiti it’s a groundbreaking
00:01:53investigation using the latest
00:01:55technology a CT scan machine brought in
00:02:01by National Geographic specifically for
00:02:04this purpose 21st century Diagnostics
00:02:08for a mystery 3,000 years old as part of
00:02:13the first set of CT scans ever performed
00:02:15on the Royal mummies of Egypt this
00:02:17non-invasive technology allows
00:02:20scientists to look inside a body an
00:02:22unprecedented three-dimensional detail
00:02:24without doing any harm
00:02:28dr. Hawass has called in two expert
00:02:31radiologists dr. Ashraf Salim and after
00:02:35Hanny aimer to help in the investigation
00:02:37it is a mysterious mummy
00:02:42but today maybe we’ll be able to find
00:02:45out exactly that this money is for Queen
00:02:47Nefertiti and maybe is not for the Queen
00:02:51the idea of this so-called younger lady
00:02:54as Nefertiti has been a source of
00:02:56controversy in recent years some
00:02:59scholars make the claim based on several
00:03:01clues the most important a broken arm
00:03:05found in nearby wrappings the hand once
00:03:09clenched a scepter the symbol of
00:03:11ultimate power in ancient Egypt the sign
00:03:14of a pharaoh or a queen other clues in
00:03:18the identification an indentation from a
00:03:20headband and double pierced ears all
00:03:24seem to match the last known images of
00:03:27the Queen but many scientists have
00:03:30argued the case is purely circumstantial
00:03:33my reaction when the news broke that
00:03:36Nefertiti’s been discovered was complete
00:03:38rubbish as far as I can see is
00:03:41absolutely no possibility whatsoever
00:03:43that mummy could be Nefertiti there’s a
00:03:46lot of princess Moses time probably a
00:03:49hundred so it can can be any of this
00:03:52princess
00:03:55Nefertiti wasn’t just any princess to
00:04:00track her down you have to understand
00:04:02who she was one of the great icons of
00:04:08the world born into nobility growing
00:04:14into a beauty she was chosen by the
00:04:17Pharaoh Akhenaten to be his bride
00:04:19their love became the stuff of legend
00:04:23literally carved into the stones of
00:04:25Egypt they had six daughters together
00:04:30according to some scholars Akhenaten may
00:04:33have really not just wife and queen but
00:04:39eventually co-regent Akhenaten wanted to
00:04:45present Nefertiti somebody who was
00:04:48sharing her with him there are a few
00:04:52reliefs in which very unusually indeed
00:04:54she’s shown smiting Egypt’s enemy as if
00:04:58she’s on the same military footing as
00:05:01her husband but whether or not they rule
00:05:05together both shared the same fate
00:05:08disappearing into the sands of Amarna
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