Who Was Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt?
29 Nov 09
Queen Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten as well as the mother-in-law of Tutankhamun. You may remember Akhenaten as the so-called heretic Pharaoh who ordered the kingdom to become monotheistic and disbanded the priesthoods of all other Gods. Some believe that Nefertiti’s role was far beyond just a wife of the King; some state she may have ruled as Pharaoh in her own right after her husband’s death, perhaps under the name Ankhkheprure Neferneferuaten. (This name is not to be confused with Smenkhkare, who used the throne name Ankhkheprure Smenkhkare) She would have ruled during the time period following Akhenaten but before the accession of Tutankhamun. Read More...