(ANSA) - Rome, December 6 - The mummy of Ancient Egyptian
Queen Nefertari has been identified in Turin's Egyptian Museum.
A group of international archaeologists led by York University
in the UK believes that the legs of the favourite wife of
Pharaoh Ramesses II are preserved in the famed museum. The study
has been published in the Plos One journal. Nefertari, also
known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first
of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the
Great. Nefertari means 'beautiful companion' and Meritmut means
'Beloved of [the goddess] Mut'. She is one of the best known
Egyptian queens, next to Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Hatshepsut.
Queen Nefertari mummy found at Turin (2)
Ramesses the Great's wife legs among remains kept there