{"id":111102,"date":"2026-01-24T15:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111102\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:29:37","slug":"nefertiti-tomb-zahi-hawass-believes-hes-narrowing-in-on-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/111102\/","title":{"rendered":"Nefertiti tomb: Zahi Hawass believes he’s narrowing in on location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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An Egyptian archaeologist<\/a> believes he’s narrowing in on the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, the legendary queen whose burial site has eluded historians for generations.<\/p>\n

Zahi Hawass is the subject of a new documentary, “The Man with the Hat,” which premiered on streaming platforms Tuesday. He served as Egypt’s first Minister of Antiquities in 2011.<\/p>\n

The film follows Hawass as he explores Egyptian history, including mysteries surrounding the deaths of Cleopatra and Tutankhamun \u2014 topics for which historians still lack clear answers.<\/p>\n

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Hawass also discusses the prospect of finding the tomb of Queen Nefertiti,<\/a> who lived from around 1370\u00a0B.C. to 1330 B.C.<\/p>\n

“If I made this discovery, I think I would be happy to end my career with the most important discovery of the most important queen of Egypt,” Hawass declares in the documentary<\/a>, according to Live Science.<\/p>\n

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A new documentary follows archaeologist Zahi Hawass, shown here, as he investigates ancient mysteries tied to some of Egypt’s most famous rulers. (Ahmad Hasaballah\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Nefertiti was the principal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who upended Egypt’s religious customs away from polytheism and toward Atenism.<\/p>\n

She played a central role in promoting the worship of Aten, the sun god. She’s also known for being the subject of an elegant bust that was found in 1912.<\/p>\n

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Hawass told Live Science<\/a> he believes he’s narrowing in on the location of her tomb in the Valley of the Kings.<\/p>\n

“There is one area now that we are working in the East Valley, near the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut,” Hawass said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass says the long-lost tomb of Queen Nefertiti may soon be discovered. (Marc Deville\/Getty Images; Fine Art Images\/Heritage Images\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m hoping that this could be the tomb of Queen Nefertiti. \u2026 This discovery could happen soon,” he said.<\/p>\n

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In a trailer reviewed by Fox News Digital, Hawass notes that he wants his fellow Egyptians “to be proud of their civilization.”<\/p>\n

“This will lead us to the greatest discovery<\/a> of the century,” the archaeologist says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Queen Nefertiti’s tomb has long eluded historians, fueling decades of speculation among archaeologists and Egyptologists. (Wolff & Tritschler\/ullstein bild via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Before me, foreigners ruled antiquity. People tried to put me in jail, but they couldn’t,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Egypt is, to me, everything.”<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to the documentary’s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Egyptian archaeologist believes he’s narrowing in on the tomb…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5211,33927,49808,881,232,164,9,24,63,122,124,123,956],"class_list":["post-111102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-ancient-egypt","tag-archaeology","tag-historic-sites","tag-history","tag-lifestyle","tag-middle-east","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}