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		List Price: $19.98		Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid Salesrank: 64709 Released: November 6, 2007
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Editorial Review:
Explore new clues surrounding the 3,000 year-old mystery of the disappearance of Queen Nefertiti - history's most beloved yet despised queen. With unprecedented access to previously unidentified, unearthed mummies, National Geographic is conducting groundbreaking new tests in an attempt to find Nefertiti's remains. Discover the truths surrounding her disappearance, what happened to her body and who or what killed the once-powerful Queen.

National Geographic: Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty Reviews:
Desperately Seeking Nefertiti
2008-11-17 - National Geographic's "Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty" is in the best tradition of NatGeo's archeology videos. An exploration of ancient evidence to piece together an outstanding mystery, it explores the question: What happened to Queen Nefertiti, and are her remains among a pair of previously unidentified mummies in the Valley of the Kings?

The video follows Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and National Geographic's man on the ground in Egypt, as he works with other scientists to scan two unidentified mummies in the hopes of identifying Nefertiti or other members of the 18th Dynasty's most notorious family.

Those looking for reenactments of ancient Egyptian events will be disappointed. But those who want to learn more about Nefertiti's family and history, as well as the archeological processes used to identify remains and link them to history will find much here to satisfy. The video offers technical information in layman's terms for the history buff, the archeology fan and especially those with an interest in ancient Egypt.

While I would have enjoyed a little more specific history and perhaps more reenactment, the focus here is more on the process of investigation, and the identification of two mysterious mummies that have been at the center of speculation about Nefertiti's fate for decades.

Science over Queeniness
2007-11-27 - Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" was too whimsical and sugary. This documentary is about a queen, but it's really about corpses. Though they have reenactments of the Amarna royalty, there's not talk about life in an Egyptian court. It's all about two skeletons and whether it can be determined who they are. This is less about a beautiful, African queen and more about forensic science.

Alfre Woodard narrates. Good for her! Maybe she can be the female Morgan Freeman, another actor who has won acclaim as a narrator. Almost every documentary on Ancient Egypt has Dr. Zahawi, an Egyptian Egyptologist with a marked chin dimple, in it. Here, he is very dramatic. I wonder if he thought he had to act since the country where Hollywood is located was producing the work. His appearances are almost comical.

The conclusion is a bit anti-climactic. Many modern women, and female impersonators, love wearing jewelry and clothes with Nefertiti's image on it. I don't think they'd get much out of this documentary as it doesn't really explore her day to day life. Be warned: your assumptions about this documentary may be entirely incorrect.