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The Younger Lady is the informal name given to an ancient Egyptian mummy discovered within tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings by archaeologist Victor Loret in 1898. The mummy also has been given the designation KV35YL ("YL" for "Younger Lady") and 61072, and currently resides in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo .
Learn about the mummy of The Younger Lady, who was the mother of Tutankhamun and the sister of KV55, possibly Akhenaten. Discover her identity, her wounds, her tomb, and her likeness by a paleoartist.
Feb 12, 2018 · Ray Johnson, Director of the Epigraphic Survey, discusses the issues with identifying the mummy of the "Younger Lady" as Nefertiti, based on DNA and forensic facial reconstruction. He argues that the mummy is not Nefertiti, but Tutankhamun's mother and a daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye.
May 28, 2019 · The Younger Lady is the name given to the mummified body of King Tut's mother, who was found in 1898 in the Valley of the Kings. She was married to her brother Akhenaten, had a wound on her face, and may have been Queen Nefertiti or Kiya.
Aug 14, 2015 · The legendary Egyptian queen has been the subject of numerous searches and discoveries, but none has been confirmed. Learn about the latest theory by Nicholas Reeves, the previous controversies over the "Younger Lady" mummy, and the DNA evidence that suggests she is Tutankhamun's mother.
Nov 26, 2015 · French Egyptologist Marc Gabolde, specialist in the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Amarna period, argues that the mummy known as the "Younger Lady" discovered almost a century ago, is actually the famous and much sought after Queen Nefertiti.
Feb 12, 2018 · A team of scientists at the University of Bristol in England digitally mapped the face of a mummy known as "The Younger Lady." The badly damaged mummy of the Younger Lady was uncovered in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in 1898, and shown through DNA evidence
