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  2. Nefertari - Wikipedia

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    Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right.

  3. Tomb of Nefertari - Wikipedia

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    Nefertari depicted with the goddess Hathor. The tomb itself is primarily focused on the Queen's life and on her death. Of the wall full of paintings, the "Queen playing Draughts" is a portrayal of Nefertari playing the game of Senet. A whole entire wall was dedicated to show the Queen at play, demonstrating the importance of the game of Senet.

  4. Ramesses II - Wikipedia

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    Ramesses II is a main character in the fiction book The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran published in 2008. It is a novel about the love story and beginning years of the marriage of Pharaoh Ramesses and Queen Nefertari, during the time

  5. Abu Simbel - Wikipedia

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    There are two temples, the Great Temple, dedicated to Ramesses II himself, and the Small Temple, dedicated to his chief wife Queen Nefertari. Construction of the temple complex started in c. 1264 BC and lasted for about 20 years, until 1244 BC. [citation needed] It was known as the Temple of Ramesses, Beloved by Amun.

  6. Archaeologists in Egypt unearth section of large Ramses II statue

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    The limestone block is about 3.8 metres (12.5 feet) high and depicts a seated Ramses wearing a double crown and a headdress topped with a royal cobra, Bassem Jihad, head of the mission's Egyptian ...

  7. Meritamen - Wikipedia

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    The small temple of Abu Simbel dedicated to Queen Nefertari and the goddess Hathor is decorated with 2 large statues of Queen Nefertari and 4 large statues of Ramesses II. The statues of Nefertari are flanked by two daughters: the Princesses Meritamen and Hennutawy. [1] The Abu Simbel Rock stela of Viceroy of Nubia Heqanakht. The upper register ...

  8. Archaeologists Found a 3,000-Year-Old Fort in the Desert and ...

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    The archaeological team discovered a long bronze sword decorated with the engravings of Ramesses II, one of Egypt’s more notable pharaohs from the 1200s BC, along with additional weapons, tools ...

  9. Experts identify mummified knees as belonging to Queen Nefertari

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    The mummified leg bones were first discovered in 1904 inside Queen Nefertari's royal tomb in Egypt. Archaeologists had always assumed they were the queen's, and new evidence suggests that might ...