Research Paper On Queen Nefertiti

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Queen Nefertiti. Who is she? What did she do? Question asked by many, Queen Nefertiti is a woman who walked hand in hand with her husband Pharaoh Akhenaten through his reign. Some would argue that a woman’s place is behind her husband and not beside him. Many people have their own opinions about Nefertiti, that she was all beauty and no brains. Contrary to most peoples' beliefs she was undoubtedly a very intelligent woman who stood on her own. She was a powerful leader and was adored by many. Though there were some troubling times during her reign as queen, she managed to accomplish a lot. Queen Nefertiti is a woman who has no beginning or end.
One of the first things about Nefertiti is the meaning of her name “A beautiful woman has come” …show more content…

and during their earliest years of reigning together her husband decides to change the ancient religion that has been worshipped for centuries to a new religion called Aten “The Sun God”. Instead of worshiping more than one god, Pharaoh Amenhotep IV thought it would be best to worship “One” god (“Nefertiti”, 2010). Not to mention Akhenaton said, “Aten is the greatest of all Egyptian gods and the only one who should be worshiped” (“Nefertiti”, 2017). During Amenhotep IV fifth year reign he decided to change his name to Akhenaton. As well as Akhenaton changing his name Nefertiti changed her name to Neferneferuaten, which means “Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a Beautiful woman has come” (“Nefertiti”, 2010). Nefertiti was not your ordinary queen, she was by her husband side through it all. She was not secondary to her husband, she was hand and hand with …show more content…

In ancient Egypt, this would be considered taboo because this is all the things that the pharaohs should be doing not the queen. Akhenaton didn’t care what others had to say he held his wife as an equal. In addition to, letting his wife stand alongside him and making some decision herself and believing in Aten, the two got received a lot of backlash that caused Akhenaton to move the royal family to el-Amarna (“Political roles and contribution”, n.d.). During ten years of reigning together they had six children, which all were daughters. According to Tyldesley, the three elder daughters were born in Thebes, Egypt while the youngest three were born in el-Amarna (2017). When Pharaoh Akhenaton moved his family to el-Amarna, he named the new capital after “Akhenaton” himself. This was meant to honor their god “Aten” (“History.com Staff”, 2010).
With a great king stands a great queen, and queen Nefertiti was that through her reign with her husband. She had many accomplishments during her reign, which included the move to el-Amarna when she helped her husband manage his city and for that she was worshipped and adored by many. In addition to, helping her husband the people of el-Amarna praised her for her intelligence and by that she gained power. Nefertiti second accomplishment was when she had a statue of herself made so that her people could adore and remember how beautiful she was

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