More speculation about mummy of Nefertiti

Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah)

N.B. This story will expire shortly on the above URL. It was a very short piece so it has been reproduced here in full.

This is a frustratingly vague piece (the "American Egyptologist" is not named and the tomb in Luxor is not identified), and should therefore, perhaps, be taken with a pinch of salt. Also, I have seen no reference to the story elswhere, although it's possible that I've overlooked something:

Egypt's top antiquity official has questioned a claim by a US archaeologist that the mummy of Queen Nefertiti is located in a tomb in the southern Egyptian town in Luxor, reports Hassan Saadallah .

“This announcement is not based on strong evidence,” said Zahi Hawass, the Secretary-General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).He added that studies were needed to verify the claim.The US expert has said that the alleged Nefertiti mummy had been embalmed in a way, which was familiar in the era of King Akhenatoun, Nefertiti's husband. He added that the mummy was lying in a tomb in the Valley of Queens in Luxor.