EGYPTIAN QUEEN - NEFERTITI
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL, STUDYING ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY, I BECAME INTRIGUED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF THE BUST OF NEFERTITI (WHICH NOW MAKES ITS HOME IN THE BERLIN MUSEUM) THAT TOOK UP A WHOLE PAGE IN ONE OF MY TEXTBOOKS. FROM THAT POINT ON I READ EVERYTHING I COULD FIND ABOUT EGYPT. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY. THE RECORDED HISTORY IS SO ANCIENT THAT IT TAKES ONE BACK TO BIBLICAL TIMES AND BEYOND. HERE IS A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF NEFERTITI AND THE SOURCES THAT SUPPLIED THE INFORMATION FOR ITS WRITING. I HAVE INCLUDED A FEW PHOTOS AS WELL. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT, MODY. I WILL CERTAINLY ENJOY THIS GROUP. *SMILE* THANK YOU FOR CREATING IT FOR IPEACE.
NEFERTITI
Born: c. 1390 B.C.E.
Thebes, Egypt
Died: c. 1360 B.C.E.
Egypt - Egyptian Queen:
Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and wife of King Akhenaten who remains a mystery to scholars today. A bust (sculpture of a person's head and shoulders) of her discovered in 1913 is one of the most widely recognized symbols of ancient Egypt.
Few facts known
Nefertiti was born around 1390 B.C.E. Some believe she was of Egyptian blood, while others believe she was a foreign princess. Her name, which means "the beautiful one is come," is of Egyptian origin, and evidence indicates that she had an Egyptian wet-nurse or governess of noble rank, which has led to the belief that she was born within the circle of the Egyptian royal court. She may have been a niece or daughter of Ay, who was a keeper of records under King Amenhotep III.
As queen:
When Nefertiti was fifteen years old, she married Amenhotep IV, who was a year older and became king upon his father's death. They had six daughters and, according to some, one son. During the first five years of Amenhotep's reign, Nefertiti enjoyed a high profile. Evidence of her political importance is seen in the large number 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 performed by previous chief queens, all of 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 be 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 disappearance:
After the fourteenth year of Akhenaten's rule, there are no more pictures of Nefertiti; she simply disappears from view. Some believe she was the power behind the throne and thus responsible for the changes during the rule of Akhenaten until being dismissed from her position and banished to the North Palace at Amarna. This would mean there was a conflict within the royal family, with Nefertiti favoring the continued worship of Aten while Akhenaten and his son-in-law Tutankhamen (c. 1370–c. 1352 B.C.E.) supported a return to the worship of Amen-Ra. Most scholars, however, now suppose that Nefertiti's disappearance may simply be due to the fact that she died, and one of the king's other wives took her place at his side. A more dramatic, if less accepted, theory holds that she assumed a new, masculine identity toward the end of Akhenaten's rule—that Nefertiti and the young Smenkhkare, who ruled briefly either with or after Akhenaten and is believed by some to have been his son, were in fact the same person.
For More Information
Freed, Rita E., Yvonne J. Markowitz, and Sue H. D'Auria, eds. Pharaohs of the Sun. Boston: Little, Brown, 1999.
Tyldesley, Joyce A. Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen. New York: Viking, 1998.
THIS IS THE PHOTO THAT TRIGGERED MY INTEREST IN EGYPTOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY, AS WELL.
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NEFERTITI
Born: c. 1390 B.C.E.
Thebes, Egypt
Died: c. 1360 B.C.E.
Egypt - Egyptian Queen:
Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and wife of King Akhenaten who remains a mystery to scholars today. A bust (sculpture of a person's head and shoulders) of her discovered in 1913 is one of the most widely recognized symbols of ancient Egypt.
Few facts known
Nefertiti was born around 1390 B.C.E. Some believe she was of Egyptian blood, while others believe she was a foreign princess. Her name, which means "the beautiful one is come," is of Egyptian origin, and evidence indicates that she had an Egyptian wet-nurse or governess of noble rank, which has led to the belief that she was born within the circle of the Egyptian royal court. She may have been a niece or daughter of Ay, who was a keeper of records under King Amenhotep III.
As queen:
When Nefertiti was fifteen years old, she married Amenhotep IV, who was a year older and became king upon his father's death. They had six daughters and, according to some, one son. During the first five years of Amenhotep's reign, Nefertiti enjoyed a high profile. Evidence of her political importance is seen in the large number 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 performed by previous chief queens, all of 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 be 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 disappearance:
After the fourteenth year of Akhenaten's rule, there are no more pictures of Nefertiti; she simply disappears from view. Some believe she was the power behind the throne and thus responsible for the changes during the rule of Akhenaten until being dismissed from her position and banished to the North Palace at Amarna. This would mean there was a conflict within the royal family, with Nefertiti favoring the continued worship of Aten while Akhenaten and his son-in-law Tutankhamen (c. 1370–c. 1352 B.C.E.) supported a return to the worship of Amen-Ra. Most scholars, however, now suppose that Nefertiti's disappearance may simply be due to the fact that she died, and one of the king's other wives took her place at his side. A more dramatic, if less accepted, theory holds that she assumed a new, masculine identity toward the end of Akhenaten's rule—that Nefertiti and the young Smenkhkare, who ruled briefly either with or after Akhenaten and is believed by some to have been his son, were in fact the same person.
For More Information
Freed, Rita E., Yvonne J. Markowitz, and Sue H. D'Auria, eds. Pharaohs of the Sun. Boston: Little, Brown, 1999.
Tyldesley, Joyce A. Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen. New York: Viking, 1998.
THIS IS THE PHOTO THAT TRIGGERED MY INTEREST IN EGYPTOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY, AS WELL.
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Permalink Reply by Clicia Pavan on
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A love story of a king for a single woman - Akhenaten and Nefertiti Nefertiti was the daughter of Dushratta king of Mitani. But like it would happen in child marriages, Akhenaton and the little princess grew tenderly attached to each other and, over the years, transformed the affection of love. So far the account history, Akhenaten, in contrast to most of the kings of antiquity and his own strain, seems to have been satisfied, throughout life, with the love of one woman
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Nefertiti fue la hija del rey de Dushratta de Mitani. Pero, al igual que sucedería en los matrimonios de niños, Akenatón y la pequeña princesa creció tiernamente unidas entre sí y, con los años, transformó el afecto del amor. Hasta ahora, el historial de la cuenta, Akhenaton, en contraste con la mayoría de los reyes de la antigüedad y de su propia variedad, parece haber sido satisfecho, toda la vida, con el amor de una mujer
Una historia de amor de un rey para una mujer - Akhenaton y Nefertiti
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Permalink Reply by mody Ibrahem on
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thank you Clicia, this all true information about Queen - Nefertiti!
have good day
Namaste..
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Permalink Reply by MommaToldMeNotToCome on
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Thank you Clicia , both for the lovely photos and for adding a few more details to the fascinating history of Egyptian Queen - Nefertiti!. *smile*
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thank you again Momma and thank you Clicia too
you both give us here great information about Queen - Nefertiti!
always peace,love
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thank you Momma for your share by this wonderful information about EGYPTIAN QUEEN - NEFERTITI
really great .always share with us here my dear friend
have lovely day
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