Film:
DVD:

Written by Matthew Wortman
Directed by Shaun Trevisick
Narrated by Tamara Tunie

Features:

• Exploring the Evidence interactive feature
• Extra scenes: "Video Forensics"

Released by: Artisan.
Rating: NR
Region: 1
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.

My Advice: See it on cable.

Queen Nefertiti has always fascinated Egyptologists. Her bust, naturalistic when others were heavily stylized, radiates her beauty and royal bearing. But the woman herself is shrouded in mystery. With her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, they wanted to fundamentally change Egyptian culture, a culture that had always favored order and stability. The royal couple set out to replace the centuries-old worship of the old gods with one of their own, Aten, the god of the sun. By doing this, they wanted to revive their stagnant society and revitalize their nation. I'm sure gaining the power and influence of the religious class by installing themselves as Aten's high priests had nothing to do with their actions. They even went so far as to build a new city in the desert, Akhetaten, to supplant the old capital of Thebes. The details are lost to the sands of time, but the priests regained their position and punished the royal couple by erasing their names, condemning them to never enter the afterlife. But after 3,000 years, an archeologist believes she has identified the mummy of the controversial queen. Nefertiti Resurrected shows viewers how modern science and ancient knowledge may give this mummy her name.

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