an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.
Nefertari held many different titles, including:  Sweet of Love , Lady of Grace , Great King’s Wife , his beloved , Lady of all Lands,  Ramesses II also named her 'The one for whom the sun shines

Poetry written by the king to his wife appears on some of the walls of the burial chamber, including lines such as “My love is unique”, and “nobody can compete, because she is a woman more beautiful than the living”.

 

She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time.

Nefertari had at least four sons and two daughters.
Ramses built a small temple for her beside his at abu simbel .
her tomb in the valley of the queens at Thebes is one of the most beautiful tomb in all of Egypt 


It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin) in 1904. 
 

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Unfortunately, QV66 had been robbed by tomb-robbers during the New Kingdom. Schiaparelli did recover a few items including some scarabs, shabtis, fragments of a gilded coffin lid, and the remains of the Queen’s pink granite sarcophagus (now in the Turin museum).

A pair of the Queen’s sandals also survived. A few pieces of her jewellery were purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts when they appeared on the Luxor antiquities market in 1904.

Sadly, the fate of the Queen’s mummy is unknown. Schiaparelli only found part of her knees in the burial chamber, among shreds of mummification material. These remains are also in the Turin museum.

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The tomb was closed to the public in 1950 because of various problems that threatened the paintings, which are considered to be the best preserved and most eloquent decorations of any Egyptian burial site, found on almost every available surface in the tomb, including stars painted thousands of times on the ceiling of the burial chamber on a blue background to represent the sky.

After the discovery of the tomb, scientists have found many deteriorated paintings caused by water damage, bacterial growth, salt formation, and recently, the humidity of visitors' breath. The tombs' structure set itself to be vulnerable to destruction. In 1986, an operation to restore all the paintings within the tomb and to replace over 3,000 years worth of dust and soot with pasted paper to the fragile walls and ceilings to preserve the paintings was embarked upon by the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation and the Getty Conservation Institute; however, work did not begin on the actual restoration until 1988 which was completed in April 1992. Upon completion of the restoration work, Egyptian authorities decided to severely restrict public access to the tomb in order to preserve the delicate paintings found within. This restoration process lasted until 1990, when scientists decided to conceal the tomb from visitors. 5 years later, Egypt's Prime Minister, Hisham Zazao declared the tomb to be reopened to visitors, 150 visitors at a time. In 2006, after 11 years, the tomb was restricted to visitors once again, except for private tours of maximum 20 people purchasing a license for 3000 usd. As per November 2017 holders of a 1000 EGP entry ticket or of a Luxor Pass can visit this tomb. Until today, the Getty Conservation Institute monitors the tomb regularly.

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here are some scenes from her tomb

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from right sitting on the theone is goddess Hathor of motherhood , goddess selkhet , the protector grom scorpion stings , you can see it on her head &goddess Maat of justice kneeling and spreading hr wings as a sign of protection , protecting the name of nefertari written in a cartouch between her wings 

 

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                          Nefertari in a white robe standing in frint of God Thot , of writting and wisdome 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            Goddess Maat , of jutice , spreading her wings as she is proticting the entrances of the tomb

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                                                    God Anubis , of mummification , and the protector of her mummy 
                                                          Above the cobra is protecting the cartouch of the queen 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                             Nefertari is mahing offering to goddess Hathor ​