was an Egyptian queen
It has
an impressive legacy that left many unresolved puzzles, such as: how did
they build the pyramids of Egypt?, the Sphinx or the hieroglyphics . During
its 3,000 years of history, Egypt was ruled by different kings who accumulated
all power and were considered divine by their people: the pharaohs.
Nefertiti
Nefertiti
married Pharaoh Amenhotep IV known as Akhenaten , but
this amazing woman exercised a great influence on the Pharaoh. Akhenaten
led the empire from 1353 to 1336 before Christ and like the other
kings; He had several wives at the same time. Of all his wives, only
one was the most charismatic, only she would be considered the official
wife; her name is Nefertiti which means “a beautiful woman has
come”.
Unlike
other queens of Egypt, Nefertiti actively participated in the government of her
people and there is evidence that she practiced religious
services; activity that was reserved only for men. This couple had 6
daughters, Meritatón , born c. 1348 a. C., Meketatón ,
born c. 1347 a. C., Anjesenpaatón , born
c. 1346 a. C., Neferneferuatón-Tasherit , born
c. 1344 a. C., Neferneferura , born c. 1341
a. C., Setepenra , born c. 1339 a. C.
If
something differentiated her from the other queens it was her beauty, she was
said to be proud of her long swan’s neck. It is said that her name
comes from a type of golden pearl called “Nefer”, a pearl that undoubtedly
often worn by the people. It is unknown today who were her parents,
but what we do know is that she was the cousin of Akhenaten. At that time,
inbreeding was considered normal.
Conflict in Historical
Tests
There
is a conflict between the evidence of historical records, the
name of Nefertiti disappears in the 12th year of Akhenaten; it is as if
she had died, but the great mystery of all this is that if she died, why does
it not appear in any records?
Someone
as influential as her disappears from the face of the earth as if by magic.
What really happened from year 12 of Akhenaten?
About
that time the queen would be about 30 years old but a statue of the Berlin
museum represents an aged Nefertiti. If this is true, what happened to it?
The
name Nefertiti disappears while Akenatón still lives but a new name
appears, Neferneferuatón. This change of name was to take power with
Akhenaten, although his reign would only last 5 years longer since Akhenaten
would die for suspicious circumstances.
The Nefertiti Mummy
We
still do not know where the body of Nefertiti is, although everything indicates
that it was in the tomb kv21 ; a tomb that is located in
“The Valley of the Kings“. This
tomb is located on the west bank of the Nile, at the height of the current city
of Luxor.
They
discovered several bodies in Kv21 and observed that two mummies could
have been queens . The most important fact that surrounds both
mummies is the position of their arms: the left arm bent over the chest, and
the right along the side, this indicates that both women were queens.
DNA
analysis performed in 2010 on the mummies of Tutankhamun and
some of his alleged family members; they allowed to discover that one of
these two mummies was the mother of the two daughters of the young
king; born dead and buried in tiny sarcophagi in the grave of his
father. Therefore, it is Queen Ankhesenamón , this whole
study was based on the findings of Egyptologist Zahi Hawass who
started in January 2016 new DNA analysis to prove it.
It is
very likely that the other mummy could be Nefertiti, but it is still not known
for sure. The adoration that the people felt for her was very great and
was sometimes represented as a goddess. She occupied a prominent place both in
the heart of Akhenaten and in the village, which perhaps she achieved thanks to
her extraordinary beauty.
His discovery
Nefertiti
became famous again when her bust was discovered in the ruins of an artist’s
workshop in Amarna; in 1912, a piece now preserved in the Altes
Museum in Berlin . Thanks to “Rosetta Stone” all this has been deciphered; not
from the stone itself, but from the language of the hieroglyphs. We are
only one step away from discovering her whereabouts and in this way, know a
little more about this enigmatic queen.
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