Nefertiti: Resurrected
Nefertiti: Resurrected
| 17 August 2003 (USA)
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Has the famed Egyptian beauty, Queen Nefertiti, been found in a secret chamber deep in the Valley of the Kings? A Discovery Channel Quest expedition led by Dr. Joann Fletcher and a team of internationally renowned scientists from the University of York Mummy Research Team hopes to find out. If they find her, it will be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries since Nefertiti's stepson, King Tutankhamen, was discovered in 1922. The "Great Royal Wife" of the renegade Akhenaten, Nefertiti was a mother of six who helped lead a religious revolution that changed Egypt and the world forever. Yet after her death, her enemies destroyed all evidence of her life. Now, drawing on 13 years of research, Fletcher and her team bring Nefertiti's turbulent reign to life like never before with cutting-edge computer animations to recreate ancient Egypt's great temples, x-rays to reveal the telltale signs of foul play on her mummy, and forensic graphics to recreate the mummy's face.

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CrawlerChunky

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Billie Morin

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Lucia Ayala

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

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Stephanie

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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lesandarah

As an amateur Egyptology buff and a romantic given to the belief in miracles, I was fascinated when I first watched this documentary. How astonishing that the body of a woman dead for thousands of years could suddenly be discovered, with a confirmed identity! The evidence, upon first viewing, seems overwhelming. It seems that all the clues given in the documentary point to the mummy in question being Nefertiti, the lost queen.For some, it's easy to leave it at that. However, on further viewings, it becomes clear that although the case presented is compelling, there is too much left uncertain and too many unfounded conclusions made to truly give this mummy a name. The historical information given, for example, is wobbly at best, rife with unfounded rumors about Akhenaten's rule and Nefertiti's life. Personal beliefs of the main Egyptologist involved, Dr. Joann Fletcher, are presented as fact, such as Nefertiti's origins and her role after the death of Akhenaten. Some suggestions made by Dr. Fletcher have been dismissed by the academic community as little more than conspiracy theories, which definitely gives this documentary an air of the desperate--more like a UFO documentary than a historical one.Another blow to the documentary's integrity comes from later claims by the people involved in the documentary, such as Zahi Hawass, that the mummy is male or out of the age range necessary for it to be Nefertiti. While this sort of flip-flopping on an issue is very discouraging coming from authorities on the topic in question, it does seem to throw the documentary into an almost fanatical light. The conclusions drawn by Dr. Fletcher, on closer inspection, become more and more far-fetched by the minute, such as claims that the mummy's arm position must mean that it was the body of a pharaoh. She even states that she believes that Nefertiti ruled on as a pharaoh under an assumed name after the death of Akhenaten. While an interesting theory, there is little to no evidence presented to support it.There are numerous other issues I could draw attention to in the documentary, such as the comparison of the facial reconstruction to the famous Nefertiti bust. The documentary states that the resemblance is 'striking', as though it's enough to make the whole thing fact; however, the reconstruction is only superficially similar to the bust, lending little to no credence to the claim that the mummy is Nefertiti. A point made by another reviewer comes to mind--that the reconstruction is very similar to the actress used to portray Nefertiti, and that it was likely that the reconstruction experts were shown or used photos of the actress during the reconstruction of the face.As a whole, the documentary, while interesting, is fairly shabby, and not the sort of production one would expect from Discovery. There are even artistic details that point to it being low-budget in general, and definitely not as prime material from a normally high-grade network. The only real value that this documentary has is as an introduction to the topic--the life of Nefertiti and Egyptology in general. Those who enjoyed it should seek other, more reputable sources of information; Egyptian history is fascinating, but not a mere romantic tale as it is presented in this documentary.All in all, it's a good watch for rainy days, but no one, not even the most uninformed, should take the word of this documentary as gospel.

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WritergirlAD

I watched this video in Western Civ. class today, and I thought it was very interesting. I learned a lot about Nefertiti, and her husband Akhenaton, and I believe that Joann Fletcher is right, and the mummy is in fact Nefertiti. The only thing that kind of bothered me was that the video repeatedly showed the same shots of the actress portraying Nefertiti, over and over and over again, especially this one shot of her opening her eyes-yes, just opening her eyes, and they showed it constantly. Other than that, I think it was a great video. Joann was a bit annoying with her "Wows!' and "its amazings" but I think she had reason to be excited, since there is so much evidence that the mummy is Nefertiti.

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hellfighter20032002

We as people watch films for a number of reasons. We want to be entertained, we want to be informed, or we want to have something that stands as a reminder of something that we had like a connection we had with someone. This is not a perfect documentary that is for sure, it contains reacts to give you a picture of what it was like to be in the time period of Nefertiti that are at times a little over the top. However, for me it is a film that I fell strong about because of personal reasons. I always think about Egypt and that fact that it is in Afican but yet I have yet to see in a film a person of color play an Egyptian Queen or King. Also this documentary helped me learn who Nefertiti was. I had always seen sculptures of her around and pictures but I didn't know her name.

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Irving Warner

This "documentary" was mostly padding, e.g. staged "reenactments", dozens of one shots of Nefertiti's classic statuette, Dr. Fletcher walking here, there, everywhere--then reversing her path, and walking everywhere, there and here. Dozens of wasted minutes. And for Dr. Fletcher? Her gushing "Unbelievables", "Fantastics", "Unreals" and "Wows" mark her as the world's foremost scientific commentator. This is a product of the Discovery Channel--their money made it possible. As a documentary, it was completely unconvincing, poorly done, overlong and I feel it was a waste of time for me to watch this misfire. My recommendation is to avoid it.

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