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Nefertiti ( / ˌnɛfərˈtiːti / [3]) ( c.1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten.
Jun 21, 2024 · Nefertiti, queen of Egypt and wife of King Akhenaton, who played a prominent role in the cult of the sun god known as the Aton. Nefertiti became one of the most recognizable female figures from the ancient world after a portrait bust of her was found in the 20th century and brought to Berlin.
Jun 15, 2010 · One of the most mysterious and powerful women in ancient Egypt, Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353 to 1336 B.C. and may have ruled the New Kingdom outright after her...
Apr 14, 2014 · Nefertiti (c. 1370 - c. 1336 BCE) was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means, `the beautiful one has come' and, because of the world-famous bust created by the sculptor Thutmose (discovered in 1912 CE), she is the most recognizable queen of ancient Egypt.
Nefertiti was a teenage queen. Unsurprisingly for the era, Nefertiti was fifteen when she married sixteen-year-old Amunhotep IV and assumed the throne as queen consort. In his fifth regnal year, the pharaoh began his religious movement and renamed himself Akhenaten.
Jan 31, 2023 · Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during...
May 25, 2023 · Queen Nefertiti (c. 1370-1330 BC) was uniquely influential as both a wife and queen during one of the most contentious yet wealthy periods of ancient Egyptian history. A key catalyst for ancient Egypt’s conversion to worshipping just one god, the sun god Aten, Nefertiti was both loved and loathed for her policies.
Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt, the wife of Akhenaten, the mother of six of his children and a major part of Aten’s worship. However, no one knows where Nefertiti came from. Several different theories about her origins exist today. © Damian Entwistle - Nefertiti worshiping Aten.
May 21, 2019 · Nefertiti (c. 1370 BCE–c. 1336 or 1334 BCE) was an Egyptian queen, the chief wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten.
Nefertiti , (flourished 14th century bc), Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (r. 1353–36 bc). She is known from her portrait bust found at Tell el-Amarna , the king’s new capital. She may have been an Asian princess from Mitanni.
