What Really Happened To Nefertiti?

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Nefertiti exactly. He disclosed this information with press which was a clear violation of protocol which states that it must report all findings directly to the supreme council of Antiquities before releasing information to the press. This eventually lead to his dismissal.

After A period of time Fletcher's ban was revoked and he returned to Egypt. Although the controversy regarding the mummy is still unresolved Fletchers many followers choose to believe that he found the long lost Nefertiti.

At the end of the day whether or not you choose to believe that Fletcher's findings were really the remains of female pharaoh Nefertiti is up to you. The world may never really know what happened to Nefertiti. The truth that you choose to believe

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