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Nefertiti (/ ˌ n ɛ f ər ˈ t iː t i / [3]) (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten.Nefertiti and her husband were known for their radical overhaul of state religious policy, in which they promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc and its direct connection to the royal household.
The remaining clues to Nefertiti’s life and the period during which the power couple altered Egyptian faith and art may lie in her tomb, which, at the time of writing, has not yet been found ...
The Stela of Akhenaten and his family is the name for an altar image in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which depicts the Pharaoh Akhenaten, his queen Nefertiti, and their three children. The limestone stela with the inventory number JE 44865 is 43.5 × 39 cm in size and was discovered by Ludwig Borchardt in Haoue Q 47 at Tell-el Amarna in 1912. [ 1 ]
Nefertiti Neferneferure ( Ancient Egyptian : nfr-nfr.w-rꜥ "beautiful are the beauties of Re") [ 1 ] (14th century BCE) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty . She was the fifth of six known daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti .
The Nefertiti Bust is a painted stucco-coated limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. [1] It is on display in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin . The work is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BC by Thutmose because it was found in his workshop in Tell-el Amarna , Egypt. [ 2 ]
Ankhesenamun (ˁnḫ-s-n-imn, "Her Life Is of Amun"; c. 1348 [1] or c. 1342 – after 1322 BC [2]) was a queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.Born Ankhesenpaaten (ˁnḫ.s-n-pꜣ-itn, "she lives for the Aten"), [3] she was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti.
Personal life. She was the daughter of John Burland Chubb A.R.I.B.A. (1861–1955), ... Nefertiti Lived Here (1954) and City in the Sand (1957).
The Standing Figure of Nefertiti is a limestone sculpture of Queen Nefertiti, dating from the year 1350 BC. It is in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin . The queen's depiction is typical of the early Amarna Period .