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Queen Nefertiti

Queen Nefertiti. Who Was She?. The chief wife of Akhenaton, who was pharaoh from 1353 to 1335 B.C. Had six daughters Was stepmother to Tutankhamen Symbol of Beauty Her name means “the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come”- suggests she was a foreigner

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Queen Nefertiti

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  1. Queen Nefertiti

  2. Who Was She? • The chief wife of Akhenaton, who was pharaoh from 1353 to 1335 B.C. • Had six daughters • Was stepmother to Tutankhamen • Symbol of Beauty • Her name means “the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come”- suggests she was a foreigner • Some think she was the daughter of a government official, a man named Ay, who later become pharaoh after Tutankhamen died • She and her husband together tried to establish monotheism by worshiping the sun disk god, Aton

  3. Nefertiti in Artwork Painted limestone statue of Akhenaton and Nefertiti

  4. How Did She Die? • Because she and her husband tried to erase all the other gods, she made a lot of enemies- raises the question of whether she died naturally • After Akhenaten’s reign ended, the Egyptians reverted back to their old religion- erased historical records of Akhenaten and Nefertiti • Nefertiti’s mummy was mutilated so she would not be able to live in the afterlife What Did She Really Look Like? To see an artist’s rendition, go to: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/nefertiti/face/face.html

  5. Sources • Yakutchik, Maryalice. “Who Was Nefertiti?” Discovery Channel. 2005 http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/nefertiti/history/history.html (4 Oct. 2005) Lesko, Leanard. “Nefertiti.” Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003. 2003

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