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106 "... Nefertiti...<br />

"Nefertiti (pronounced at the time something like *nafratita) (c. 1370 BCE - c. 1330 BCE)<br />

was the Great Royal Wife (or chief consort/wife) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. She<br />

was the mother-in-law <strong>and</strong> probable stepmother of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Nefertiti may<br />

have also ruled as pharaoh in her own right under the name Neferneferuaten briefly after her<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>'s death <strong>and</strong> before the accession of Tutankhamun, although this identification is<br />

doubted by the latest research. Her name roughly translates to "the beautiful (or perfect) one<br />

has arrived". She also shares her name with a type of elongated gold bead, called "nefer",<br />

that she was often portrayed as wearing. She was made famous by her bust, now in Berlin's<br />

Altes Museum.<br />

Nefertiti's parentage is not known with certainty, but it is now generally believed that she was<br />

the daughter of AY later to be pharaoh. Another theory that gained some support identified<br />

Nefertiti with the Mitanni princess Tadukhipa. <strong>The</strong> name Nimerithin has been mentioned in<br />

older scrolls, as an alternative name, but this has not yet been officially confirmed. It has<br />

also been suggested that Nefertiti was a daughter or relative of Amenhotep III, or of the high<br />

<strong>The</strong>ban nobility. Another theory places Nefertiti as the daughter of Sitamun, half-sister of<br />

Amenhotep III. Queen Iaret was Sitamun's mother. Iaret held important hereditary titles that<br />

ceased to exist after the ascension of Amenhotep III. Sitamun is elevated to Great Royal<br />

Wife beside Tiye but there is no indication that she ever had children <strong>and</strong> if so with whom.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is some evidence based upon the titles of each of these women that suggests that<br />

they were somehow related to one another in her family... Her name means "beautiful one".<br />

Nefertiti only worshiped one god by the name of Aten. Depending on which reconstruction of<br />

the genealogy of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs is followed, her husb<strong>and</strong> Akhenaten may<br />

have been the father or half-brother of the Pharaoh Tutankhaten (later called Tutankhamen).<br />

She had six known daughters with the Pharaoh Akhenaten. This is a list with suggested<br />

years of birth:<br />

• Meritaten: Before year one or the very beginning of year one.(1356 BC).<br />

• Meketaten: Year 1 or three (1349 BC).<br />

• Ankhesenpaaten, later queen of Tutankhamun<br />

• Neferneferuaten Tasherit: Year 6 (1344 BC)<br />

• Neferneferure: Year 9 (1341 BC).<br />

• Setepenre: Year 11 (1339 BC)."<br />

-- Reference: Wikipedia.org<br />

107 "... Tutankhamun..."<br />

"He was the son of Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, <strong>and</strong> his minor wife Queen<br />

Kiya. Queen Kiya's title was "Greatly Beloved Wife of Akhenaten" so it is possible that she<br />

could have borne him an heir. Supporting this theory, images on the tomb wall in the tomb of<br />

Akhenaten show a royal fan bearer st<strong>and</strong>ing next to Kiya's death bed, fanning what is either<br />

a princess or more likely a wet nurse holding a baby, which would indicate that the wet nurse<br />

was holding the boy-king-to-be.<br />

Tutankhamun was only nine or ten years old when he became pharaoh, <strong>and</strong> reigned for<br />

approximately ten years, making him nineteen years old at death. In historical terms<br />

Tutankhamun significance stems from his rejection of the radical religious innovations<br />

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