New clues to Nefertiti’s burial
CAIRO: Egypt has unearthed further evidence that a secret chamber, believed by some to be the lost burial site of Queen Nefertiti, may lie behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb, Egypt’s antiquities minister said yesterday.
Radar scans reveal the presence of two empty spaces behind King Tut’s chamber, he said.
Nefertiti, who died in the 14th century BCE, is thought to be Tutankhamun’s stepmother. NEW YORK: Real estate billionaire Donald Trump’s coarse rhetoric has won him some fans, but there’s at least one large group in America that is increasingly unimpressed: women.
Half of US women say they have a “very unfavourable” view of the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, up from the 40 percent who felt that way in October.
The rise in anti-Trump sentiment among women could pose a problem for the contender in his quest for the White House.
Women have turned out at higher rates than men in every election since 1996. If Trump were to run against Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton in the general election, likely women voters would support Clinton over Trump by nearly 14 percentage points, according to March polling data.
Trump has said that he has had good relationships with women in his business career and is well-liked by women voters.
Women who oppose Trumpsaid their disapproval was based on factors that include his disparaging comments about women he dislikes – such as Fox News host Megyn Kelly – to his hardline views on immigration and his ribald exchanges with rivals.
“I think Trump is very scary,” said Mariah Dobias, a 25-year-old cook who was voting in Ohio’s primary on Tuesday. “He says he is going to make America great, but he doesn’t say how he is going to do it besides alienating whole groups of people.”
Carolyn Hostetler, a conservative from Tennessee, said she disliked “the way he has belittled women”.
Some of Trump’s female supporters, meanwhile, said they liked his straight talk, and believe he could strengthen America’s position on the world stage.
However, Darlene Monzadeh, a 52-yearold stay-at-home mom said Trump lost her vote during a debate when he exchanged potshots with his rivals.
“It changed my opinion. When they catfight all the time and act like little boys, pointing fingers, raising voices,” she said.
Trump complained last year that Kelly had asked him tough questions in a debate and referred to “blood coming out of her wherever”.
He more recently suggested on Twitter that she was a “bimbo”.
He has called television personality Rosie O’Donnell a “fat pig” and made fun of former presidential rival and ex-HP chief executive Carly Fiorina’s face, saying: “Would anyone vote for that?”– Reuters