Vital Statistics: Mcdonald's Tomb Of Queen Nefetari

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Vital Statistics: This source is a text written to modern day people giving information about Queen Nefetari’s tomb. This text was published November 18, 1996 by John K. McDonald. Even though McDonald wrote this source he was not the one that discovered the Queen’s tomb the Egyptologist whom discovered the tomb was Ernesto Schiaparelli in 1904. Summary: In this text it talks about how Queen Nefertari was “born noble, but not royal (McDonald, 1996, p.15)”. She married royalty in had the same power of her husband Rameses the Great. She mothered six children by Rameses the Great two daughter’s and four sons. Everyone in the valley thought Queen Nefertari was the most gorgeous person they had ever seen. The author talks about how Queen Nefertari …show more content…

Another disturbing situation McDonald (1996) mentioned happened was “the Queen’s mummy had been unwrapped and her tomb had been robbed (p.39)”. According to McDonald (1996), some of Queen Nefetari “personal jewelry appeared on the antiquities market in Luxor (p.39)”. Analysis and Interpretation: This source is valuable and knowledge because there’s a lot of people that doesn’t know about Queen Nefetari and how she became royalty. It is also knowledge, because it tells how Queen Nefetari just disappeared after signing a peace treaty. Also, the text tells you about how seriously they took the afterlife serious. Back in B.C.E they truly believed that after you pass away you will be reincarnated. Although, the messages that were left in the Queen’s or King’s tomb told a story on how they lived their lives and how their afterlife would be. I think these messages were left for their people and generations to come, so that their name will live on for years to come and also help people gain knowledge of their culture. Even though, their culture tried to take make Queen Nefetari disappear from history forever they couldn’t because of her story. The source didn’t have any hidden messages, because a lot of their assumptions turned out to be true and they shared those with people as time went