Put this together for a friends school project. It was a fun one

1. Nefertiti

2.  There is no known information on Neferatiti’s
bloodline.
 Some speculate that Aye could have been her
father. But she is also thought to be the
daughter of an army officer.
 Her only known blood relative is a
sister, Mutnodjmet.

3.  Nefertiti was the queen of Akhenaten during
Egypt’s Amarna period.
 Nefertiti ruled like no other queen of
Egypt, ancient artwork suggest that
she had almost the same
influence as Akhenaten.
 She is even depicted wearing
a Pharaoh's crown and killing
her enemies. No other woman
has ever been depicted doing
so.

4.  Nefertiti and Akhenaten first made a name
for themselves by denouncing the popular
God, Amun, in favor of Aten, the Sun God.
 They created Aketaten, a city for Aten in the
Amarna region of Egypt.
 Archaeologists have found that
Aketaten was the first planned
suburb in history.

5.  Akhenaten and Nefertiti
changed religious rituals by
allowing ordinary citizens to
participate.
 They also changed the role of
royalty, proclaiming the
couple to be more god like
than human.
 They believed that upon their
death, they would not be sent
to the under world but
instead, they would rise up
and become one with Aten.

6.  Nefertiti and Akhenaten wanted
to promote Aten as the one and
only true God.
 They canceled the multi God
celebrating festival of Opet.
 After 10 years in power, Nefertiti
and Akhenaten ordered the
destruction of all shrines of the
many Egyptian Gods.
 They tried to wipe out 2,000 years
of Egyptian history and religion.
 This enraged the citizens of
Thebes.

7.  Queen Nefertiti and her
husband ruled Egypt for
17 years.
 There is no record of how
they died.
 Their royal tomb was
found empty.
 Controversy continues to
swirl around Nefertiti.

8.  The bust of Nefertiti has become the icon for feminine beauty.
 Nefertiti’s bust is considered by many to be one of the greatest
works of art of the pre-modern world.
 Slight blemishes like a missing eye crystal and broken left ear are
minor considering how old the bust is.
 The bust is currently housed in Berlin, Germany and has long been
a point of contention between Germany and Egypt.

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 KingTutOne.com. (2005). KingTutOne.com. Retrieved from
http://www.kingtutone.com/queens/nefertiti/
 Tyldesley, J. A. (1999). Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen (2nd
ed.). London, England, England: Penguin Books, LTD.
 National Geographic. (2010). You Tube. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
1GULSVk5dc&feature=fvw