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| 106 "... Nefertiti... "Nefertiti (pronounced at the time something like *nafratita) (c. 1370 BCE - c. 1330 BCE) was the Great Royal Wife (or chief consort/wife) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. She was the mother-in-law and probable stepmother of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Nefertiti may have also ruled as pharaoh in her own right under the name Neferneferuaten briefly after her husband's death and before the accession of Tutankhamun, although this identification is doubted by the latest research. Her name roughly translates to "the beautiful (or perfect) one has arrived. She also shares her name with a type of elongated gold bead, called "nefer", that she was often portrayed as wearing. She was made famous by her bust, now in Berlins Altes Museum. Nefertiti's parentage is not known with certainty, but it is now generally believed that she was the daughter of AY later to be pharaoh. Another theory that gained some support identified Nefertiti with the Mitanni princess Tadukhipa. The name Nimerithin has been mentioned in older scrolls, as an alternative name, but this has not yet been officially confirmed. It has also been suggested that Nefertiti was a daughter or relative of Amenhotep III, or of the high Theban nobility. Another theory places Nefertiti as the daughter of Sita- mun, half-sister of Amenhotep III. Queen Iaret was Sitamun's mother. Iaret held important hereditary titles that ceased to exist after the ascension of Amenhotep III. Sitamun is elevated to Great Royal Wife beside Tiye but there is no indication that she ever had children and if so with whom. There is some evidence based upon the titles of each of these women that suggests that they were somehow related to one another in her family. Her name means "beautiful one. Nefertiti only worshiped one god by the name of Aten. Depending on which reconstruction of the genealogy of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs is followed, her husband Ak- henaten may have been the father or half-brother of the Pharaoh Tutankhaten (later called Tutankhamen). She had six known daughters with the Pharaoh Akhenaten. This is a list with suggested years of birth Meritaten: Before year one or the very beginning of year one BC Meketaten: Year 1 or three (1349 BC Ankhesenpaaten, later queen of Tutankhamun 224 • Neferneferuaten Tasherit: Year 6 (1344 BC Neferneferure: Year 9 (1341 BC Setepenre: Year 11 (1339 BC- Reference Wikipedia.org back to 106) Download 2 Mb. Share with your friends:
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