As the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti played a major role in Egyptian politics. Together, the pair led a religious revolution by abandoning polytheism and promoting worship of the sun god Aten.
No images of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, or Aten have been found in ... After a few years at Amarna, the pharaoh ordered work crews to gouge out all images of Amun in state temples.
And of all the pharaohs, only Tutankhamun is shown ... We know from history that she was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, and thus likely her husband's half sister. Another consequence ...
Nefertiti was one of the wives of Tutankhamun's father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic material could be, saying only that he thinks the ...
a pharaoh who preceded Tut on the throne and may even be Nefertiti herself. (Some scholars believe she adopted the name Smenkhkare when she served as coregent with Akhenaten.) If Nefertiti's tomb ...
KV 14 tomb of Tausert and Setnakht, Egypt. Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, and had six daughters by him. She was renowned for her beauty and made famous by her bust ...
Culture Club/Getty Images Recently discovered by archaeologists, the “Lost Golden City” was abandoned by the heretic King Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti around 1336 B.C. for reasons that are ...
As the ship glides over the waters off Kochi’s coastline, the horizon transforms into a breathtaking spectacle. The setting ...
The Egyptian-themed ship is named after Nefertiti’, an Egyptian queen and wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten during the 14th century B.C, and literally translates to ‘beautiful companion’.
Join us for a talk that reviews the history of the Amarna Period and the lives of King Akhenaten and his Queen Nefertiti. It will review the evidence from the site called ‘Kom el-Nana’ at Tell ...