Will the Queen head home?

• Position: ANCIENT WORLD - Queen Nefertiti - Brief article

When a German archaeologist unearthed the limestone-and-stucco bust of Queen Nefertiti from ruins at Amarna, Egypt, in 1912, he took it back to Germany, where it has remained for nearly a century. But Egyptian officials say that Nefertiti might have been removed from Egypt illegally and may demand the return of their 3,500-year-old queen. Very little is known about Nefertiti, whose name means "the beautiful, woman has arrived."

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With her husband--Pharaoh Akhenaten, who reigned from 1352 B.C. to 1336 B.C.--Nefertiti became co-ruler of Egypt. And the royal couple made powerful enemies because of their monotheism: They...