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Queen Nefertari, the royal spouse of pharaoh Ramses II: a multidisciplinary investigation of the mummified remains found in her tomb (QV66)

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dc.contributor.authorHabicht, M.
dc.contributor.authorBianucci, R.
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, S.
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, J.
dc.contributor.authorBouwman, A.
dc.contributor.authorÖhrström, L.
dc.contributor.authorSeiler, R.
dc.contributor.authorGalassi, F.
dc.contributor.authorHajdas, I.
dc.contributor.authorVassilika, E.
dc.contributor.authorBöni, T.
dc.contributor.authorHenneberg, M.
dc.contributor.authorRühli, F.
dc.contributor.editorHoon Shin, D.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractQueen Nefertari, the favourite Royal Consort of Pharaoh Ramses II (Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty c. 1250 BC) is famous for her beautifully decorated tomb in the Valley of the Queens. Her burial was plundered in ancient times yet still many objects were found broken in the debris when the tomb was excavated. Amongst the found objects was a pair of mummified legs. They came to the Egyptian Museum in Turin and are henceforth regarded as the remains of this famous Queen, although they were never scientifically investigated. The following multidisciplinary investigation is the first ever performed on those remains. The results (radiocarbon dating, anthropology, paleopathology, genetics, chemistry and Egyptology) all strongly speak in favour of an identification of the remains as Nefertari's, although different explanations-albeit less likely-are considered and discussed. The legs probably belong to a lady, a fully adult individual, of about 40 years of age. The materials used for embalming are consistent with Ramesside mummification traditions and indeed all objects within the tomb robustly support the burial as of Queen Nefertari.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMichael E. Habicht, Raffaella Bianucci, Stephen A. Buckley, Joann Fletcher, Abigail S. Bouwman, Lena M. Őhrström, Roger Seiler, Francesco M. Galassi, Irka Hajdas, Eleni Vassilika, Thomas Böni, Maciej Henneberg, Frank J. Rühli
dc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE, 2016; 11(11):e0166571-1-e0166571-20
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0166571
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.orcidGalassi, F. [0000-0001-8902-3142]
dc.identifier.orcidHenneberg, M. [0000-0003-1941-2286]
dc.identifier.orcidRühli, F. [0000-0002-1685-9106]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/108264
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPLoS ONE
dc.rights© 2016 Habicht et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166571
dc.subjectLeg
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectDNA, Mitochondrial
dc.subjectSequence Analysis, DNA
dc.subjectEmbalming
dc.subjectBase Sequence
dc.subjectMummies
dc.subjectPaleopathology
dc.subjectHistory, Ancient
dc.subjectRadiometric Dating
dc.subjectEgypt, Ancient
dc.titleQueen Nefertari, the royal spouse of pharaoh Ramses II: a multidisciplinary investigation of the mummified remains found in her tomb (QV66)
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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