Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Nefertiti


One of the best known figures in the women's time of the pharaohs in Egypt.
The beautiful Queen Nefertiti, the wife of King Akhenaton and Nefertiti had supported her husband in his religious and social reforms, and then moved with him to Okhittatun or Tel el-Amarna, which was chosen by the ancient Egyptian capital of the state in religious and political revolution by calling for the worship of one God and get rid of the influence and corruption of the priests in good shape.
And appeared with him during the ceremonies and rituals, and family scenes, landscapes, even in traditional military campaigns, which it is portrayed by the elimination of enemies.
Then one of their daughters died of a Mikit - Atun, has pictures of grief in some wall drawings. After the death of their daughter, who disappeared from the royal court Nefertiti and replaced by her daughter into Merit and received the title of Great Royal wife.
Nefertiti had died in the fourth year of the rule of Akhnaton, and it is possible to have been buried in graves Mqbernha property, in the Tel el-Amarna, but could not be found on her body.
There are many famous statues of Queen Nefertiti, which reflect the characteristic of the beauty of the high.

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