Queen Nefertiti
Family
Nefertiti, also known as Nefer neferuaten. Nefertiti, was an important figure in the Aton religion. She was the wife of King Akhenaton (formerly Amenhotep IV). Who ruled Egypt from roughly 1353 to 36 BCE. Although Nefertiti’s parents are unknown. Early Egyptologists assumed that since her name means “A Beautiful Woman Has Come.” She must have been a princess from Mitanni (Syria). However, there is substantial circumstantial evidence that she was the Egyptian-born daughter of the courtier Ay, Akhenaton’s mother’s brother. Tiy Despite the fact that the parents of Nefertiti are unknown. She did have a younger sister named Mutnodjmet. Within ten years of her marriage. Nefertiti gave birth to six daughters, three of them were born in Akhenaton and the other three in Thebes (Amarna). Two of her daughters went on to rule Egypt as queens.
Religion of Nefertiti
Queen Nefertiti considered the deity Aton to be a fertility goddess. Nefertiti continued to play a significant religious role by participating in worship alongside her husband and acting as the female half of the divine triad. Images of Nefertiti stood at the four corners of her husband’s sarcophagus, and depictions of the royal family might be found on private devotional stelae, non-royal tomb walls, and private devotional stelae. Because of her reliefs and statues, some historians speculate that Nefertiti served as her husband’s cruller rather than his companion. There is no documented evidence to support her political standing, hence the evidence is by no means conclusive.
Mummy of Queen Nefertiti
The mummy of Nefertiti does not found yet. It shows that Queen Nefertiti does not burial in the royal tomb in Tell el Amarna. But maybe she burial in the valley of the queens during the reign of King Tutankhamen and then transferred to Thebes. Egyptologists have consequently conjectured that Nefertiti might be one of the unidentified bodies found in the Valley of the Kings‘ royal mummy caches. Although it is now acknowledged that this body is almost definitely too young to be Nefertiti, the “Younger Lady” discovered in Amenhotep II’s tomb has received a lot of attention in the early twenty-first century.
Nefertiti as a Possible Ruler
About halfway through Akhenaten’s 17-year rule, Nefertiti vanishes from history. She might have passed away at that time, but it’s also likely that she took on the title of Neferneferuaten and succeeded her husband as an official co-regent. Smenkhkare, a successor to Akhenaten as pharaoh, was another name of queen Nefertiti to be able to rule the country. This was not the first time something like this had happened; in the 15th century B.C., the female pharaoh Hatshepsut governed Egypt while posing as a man and sporting a ceremonial fake beard.
Facts about Queen Nefertiti
Nefertiti was a young monarch. Nefertiti married Amenhotep IV when she was fifteen years old, which is typical for the time period. The pharaoh changed his name to Akhenaten and started his religious movement five years into his reign.
King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti created a new city (Tell el Amarna). Nefertiti and Akhenaten further distanced themselves from the “old kingdom” of Ancient Egypt by establishing a new monotheistic religion that was based on worshipping the sun deity Aton. They also established a new capital city called Amarna. It’s possible that Nefertiti had royal ancestry.
The two most popular explanations about Nefertiti’s family tree are largely conjectures. According to some historians, her father was Ay, a significant counselor to a number of pharaohs, including Nefertiti’s eventual husband. (Ay even succeeded King Tut as pharaoh following his death in 1323 BCE.) Some experts think Nefertiti was a princess from the northern Syrian Mitten kingdom. Given that Mutbenret (or Mutnodjemet) is mentioned in the Amarna art that has survived, we do know that Nefertiti had a sister by that name.
She held many titles
Like most royalty, Nefertiti held many titles during her time in power, including:
Hereditary Princess. Great of Praises. Lady of Grace. Sweet of Love. Lady of the Two Lands. Main King’s Wife. His beloved. Great King’s Wife. Lady of all Women. Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt
Tomb of Nefertiti
There has never been a discovery of Nefertiti’s tomb. The author of “Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt. ” Dr. Chris Naunton, described how an important find near KV62 in the Valley of the Kings. M ay soon results in a breakthrough.
