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Mummified remains identified as Egyptian Queen Nefertari

A team of international archaeologists believe a pair of mummified legs on display in an Italian museum may belong to Egyptian Queen Nefertari – the favourite wife of the pharaoh Ramses II.Mummified legs from Nefertari's tomb on display in 2014 exhibition at Museo Egizio in Turin 
[Credit: © 2016 Habicht et al.]The team, which included Dr Stephen Buckley and Professor Joann Fletcher from the University of York’s Department of...
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