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One of the most mysterious and powerful women...
One of the most mysterious and powerful women in ancient Egypt, Nefertiti was queen alongside Pharaoh Akhenaten from 1353 to 1336 B.C. and may have ruled the New Kingdom outright after her husband’s death. Her reign was a time of tremendous cultural upheaval, as Akhenaten led Egypt’s political restructure and religious revolution which involved worship only of the sun god Aten. Nefertiti is best known for her painted sandstone bust, which was rediscovered in 1913 and beca...
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