As the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti played a major role in Egyptian politics. Together, the pair led a religious revolution by abandoning polytheism and promoting worship of the sun god Aten.

Dr Tyldesley said: “Though most people and many Egyptologists believe Nefertiti was an unusually powerful royal woman, and possibly even a pharaoh, I believe this was not the case. “He husband ...

No images of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, or Aten have been found in ... After a few years at Amarna, the pharaoh ordered work crews to gouge out all images of Amun in state temples.

Old Palace Wall Painting Depicts Naturalistic Expression of Birds, Details Help Identify the Species The detailed painting on ...

Nefertiti was one of the wives of Tutankhamun's father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic material could be, saying only that he thinks the ...

a pharaoh who preceded Tut on the throne and may even be Nefertiti herself. (Some scholars believe she adopted the name Smenkhkare when she served as coregent with Akhenaten.) If Nefertiti's tomb ...

And of all the pharaohs, only Tutankhamun is shown ... We know from history that she was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, and thus likely her husband's half sister. Another consequence ...

KV 14 tomb of Tausert and Setnakht, Egypt. Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, and had six daughters by him. She was renowned for her beauty and made famous by her bust ...

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