n.
flourished 14th century BC
Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (r. 135336 BC).
She is known from her portrait bust found at Tell el-Amarna , the king's new capital. She may have been an Asian princess from Mitanni. She appears with Akhenaton in reliefs at Tell el-Amarna and followed his new cult of the sun god Aton . Of her six daughters, two became queens of Egypt. In the 12th year of Akhenaton's reign, Nefertiti either retired after losing favour or died.
Nefertiti, painted limestone bust, about 1350 BC; in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Agyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu BerlinPreussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; photograph, Jurgen Liepe