Nefertari, the beauty with the sleeping valley

5/20/2023, 5:28:25 AM

Highlights: This article is part of a series on the life and times of the Egyptian pharaohs. See the rest of the series at the bottom of the page for more information. For more information on the series, visit the series' website here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/30/world/features/stories/mysteries-of-the-pharaohs-mythical-tomb-of Nephew-Nefertari.

STORY - From 1986 to 1992, Lorenza d'Alessandro and Giorgio Capriotti, together with other young Italian colleagues, participated in the project to restore the murals of Nefertari's tomb. Here they tell this incredible adventure.

This article is taken from the Figaro Hors-série "Ramses II, the exhibition event of the Grande halle de la Villette". Discover the greatness and mysteries of ancient Egypt through the life of the greatest pharaoh builder, genius propagandist, protector of the arts, father of more than a hundred children... 160 sumptuously illustrated pages.

. Le Figaro Special issue.

Lorenza D'Alessandro and Giorgio Capriotti taught restoration at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo and at Trinity College in Rome, and were collaborators with the Fabrique de Saint-Pierre. They restored the tomb of Nefertari and the tomb of Amenhotep III in Luxor, the necropolis of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Carracci Gallery, Bernini's altar in the Church of St. Andrew of the Quirinal, the Clementine Chapel, the Casina of PiusIV in the Vatican...

It was cold at six o'clock in the morning on the Nile. That's why Farouk, the captain of our felucca, had bundled himself up in wool scarves and was sipping hot tea. The heat, the burning 50°C...

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