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The Story Of The Mysterious Ancient Queen Nefertiti

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Nefertiti The mysterious ancient Queen Nefertiti was one of the most powerful women in the ancient times. Nefertiti was an Egyptian Queen and consort of King Akhenaten who remains a mystery to researchers, even today. It is believed that she lived an Epoch from around 1390 B.C and was world eminent for her beauty.

Nefertiti was born around 1390 b.C.E, some believe she was of Egyptian blood while others believe she was a Foreign princess. Nefertiti 's parentage is not known with certainty, but one often cited theory is that she was the daughter of Ay, later to be pharaoh. However, this hypothesis is likely wrong since Ay and his wife Tey are never called the father and mother of Nefertiti and …show more content…

They had six daughters and according to some, they had one son.

Amenhotep 's reign, Nefertiti enjoyed a high-profile evidence of her political importance of carved scenes in which she is shown accompanying him during ceremonial acts she is shown taking part in the daily worship and making offerings similar to those of the king-acts quite unlike those usually all or whom had a secondary role. in the fifth year of his reign, Amenhotep changed his name to Akhenaten. He went against the beliefs of previous kings by announcing that the sun god Aten was the greatest of all Egyptian gods and the only one who should he worshipped rather than Amen- Ra who had long been considered supreme. Nefertiti shared his belief. Largely because of opposition over this issue, Akhenaten built a new capital called Akhetaten and moved the royal family there. Mysterious

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