Great royal wife to Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti has long been celebrated for her beauty, but today's Egyptologists are exploring another dimension of her life: her role as powerbroker.

Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during the 14th century B.C ...

Nefertiti ruled Egypt between 1370 to 1330 BC alongside the Pharaoh Akhenaten. His predecessor, Amenhotep III ruled over a land whose priesthood, centered on the god Amun, had been steadily ...

Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their children. In various representations of Nefertiti, the queen appears more prominently than her husband—signaling she had both beauty and power.

Nefertiti herself was sometimes shown in poses and activities usually reserved for Pharaohs, leading to speculation she held the status of Akhenaten’s co-ruler. Is this Nefertiti?

The Egyptologist led a team in 2003 to identify a badly damaged mummy as likely belonging to Queen Nefertiti – co-ruler of Egypt under the reign of the monotheistic heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Egyptology historians Colleen and John Darnell have a new book, “Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth” — and have caused a stir in the archaeology community.

Queen Nefertiti, who may have ruled Egypt before her son, King Tutankhamun, lived around 3,300 years ago. Her tomb has never been found. ... Married to the Pharaoh Akhenaten, ...

When the pharaoh Akhenaten died, he left no obvious successor. Three of his and his wife Nefertiti’s six daughters had died, and his son, Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamun) was too young to be king.

They contend that Nefertiti was also Egypt’s leading lady, a powerful figure who took over after her husband’s death. Nefertiti ruled during the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt between 1353 to 1336 B.C.