The Fierce Archaeological Battle Over Ancient Egypt's Queen | 60 Minutes Australia

In 2003, British Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher sparked a bitter international dispute when she sensationally claimed a mutilated mummy hidden in the Valley of the Kings was the legendary Queen Nefertiti. However, comprehensive DNA testing in 2010 ultimately debunked her theory and vindicated Egyptian antiquities head Dr Zahi Hawass, proving the remains actually belonged to the biological mother of King Tutankhamun.

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