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.

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 ...

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 ...

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’.

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the pharaoh’s many temples, attempts to finally piece together ...

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 ...