Tomb of Nefertari

Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut (It means the beloved of the goddess Mut), was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time. Her lavishly decorated tomb, QV66, is one of the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens, gorge in the hills along the western bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. Valley of the Queens . Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument there. (  The Temple of Hathor at Abu Simbel was built by Ramesses II to honor both Hathor as the goddess of love/music and his wife Nefertari as a deified queen. Abu Simbel Nefertari Temple )

in This Scene Nefertari playing Senet is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30 square playing board.

The tomb of Queen Nefertari (QV66), which is located in the Valley of the Queens, gorge in the hills along the western bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt. Valley of the Queens on the west bank of Luxor, is one of the most spectacular tombs that you can visit in Egypt. Nefertari was the first queen and the most beloved wife of Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great). Not only does she have one of the most exquisite tombs in the Used as a burial chamber for nearly 500 years, the Valley of the Kings was used for royal burials for the Kings,their families, and their possessions. Valley of the Kings and Queens, but Ramesses II also honored her by building her a temple, the Small Temple at Abu Simbel.

This burial chamber is rectangular in shape, with four columns on its ceiling. The inner area between the columns was designated for placing the coffin.

The north wall, at the bottom of the stairway, marks the entry to the burial chamber itself, via a short passage. The lintel contains a kneeling image of Ma'at with her arms outstretched supporting beautifully produced wings, reaching completely across the width between the two outer walls. The text above her states: Spoken by Ma'at, the daughter of Ra, I protect my daughter, the king's great wife, Nefertari, beloved of Mut.

The tomb of Queen Nefertari has many picturesque and attractive Pharaonic scenes, as the queen was interested in the Pharaonic drawings and wonderful inscriptions, especially the drawings of the columns of the burial chamber. The tomb has many other drawings related to the edifices that the Pharaohs believed existed in the other world, along with some magical spells and charms that worked to protect Queen Nefertari during her journey to her eternal residence in the other world.

-Views of the burial chamber columns:

- Nefertari wears the gold nekhbet headdress with the red mortar, facing Hathor who wears the plain red, tight fitting dress and the large solar disc within cows horns and a golden uraeus.

- Nefertari facing  Anubis, god of the dead, mummification, and the afterlife.

A wonderful scene is depicted Nefertari holds out two round nemset jars above an altar piled high with fruit, vegetables, cuts of meat, and loaves of bread.The texts which surround her provide her identity and end with the usual symbols of "protection, life, stability, dominion, all health, all joy, all protection like Ra". Facing Nefertari, ready to receive her offerings, are the goddesses Hathor, Serket and Maat.

one of the most important tombs is the Valley of The Queen QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. the Tomb of Nefertari , This Tomb has wonderful and attractive scenes of Queen Nefertari, the various gods, and the Book of the Dead in vivid colors.

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