Who was Queen Nefertiti?
* Queen Nefertiti was the wife of Akhenaten, who was the Egyptian Pharaoh during that time. * Her name, meaning “the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come,” prompts some scholars to think that Nefertiti traveled to Egypt from a foreign land. Others theorize she was an Egyptian royal by birth. Still others think it unlikely that she was of royal blood, but that her father was a high government official, a man named Kheperkheprure Ay (who went on to become pharaoh after Tutankhamen). * Essentially nothing is known about Nefertiti before she became co-regent of Egypt with her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled from 1352 B.C. to 1336 B.C. * Queen Nefertiti is popular not only because she had the most beautiful face during her time, but because she also played an important role in ruling the Egyptians. * During their marriage, Queen Nefertiti gave birth to six daughters, wherein two of them became queens of Egypt and two of whom may have died in a plague. * Nefertiti was the stepmother o
