Chronicle (1966)
Nefertari - For Whom the Sun Shines
1989 • E8 Dec 6, 1989 50m
Queen Nefertari, wife of the famous Egyptian pharaoh, Ramesses II, died more than 3,000 years ago. Her tomb, just south of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, was discovered in 1904. It revealed some of the most beautiful wall paintings in Egypt, but so badly damaged that they have never been on show to visitors. A team of specialists is now engaged in restoration. 'Our aim', says its Italian director, Paolo Mora, 'is maximum conservation, minimum intervention', confident that in the near future Nefertari's tomb will be open to the public.