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Nefertit

As you have realized from reading the book "Casting the Gods Adrift",that Nefertiti was the famous Wife of the Egyption Pharaoh Amenhotep IV. she was considered to be equal with pharoah but she is actually not,she is a queen. Some people thought that she was black but she is not, in her time blacks would have been slaves in Egypt She was also considerd the most beuatiful woman in all egypt

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton)

Amenhotep IV., A Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt,which ruled for 20 years and died in 1334 BC. He came into power during a period to control Palestine, Phoenicia and Nubia.  He tried to convince people to believe in only 1 god, Aten. A Akhenaten can be spelled Echnaton, Akhnaton, or rarely Ikhnaton; meaning //Effective spirit of Aten //)or "servant of the Aten." which was known before the fifth year of his ruling, and that’s why he changed his first name that was Amenhotep IV to Akhenaton.

General info

Tutankhamen (King Tut) was Amenhotep's IV son. He became a Pharaoh at age 9 after the death of his father. king tut died from a disease when he was 18 in the head It has not been said to be a murder, though some believe it was He changed Egypt from a monotheism religion (worship of one god) to polytheism (worship of more than one god).

Ackenaten thought there was an afterlife so he brought cheese and wine to the afterlife. Nefertiti was going to be the Queen of Egypt after her husband’s death and used tbefore Tutankhamen he name Nefernefervaten.

 from a blow to the head.

amenhotep's family


 * ====//Mother//==== || ====Tiy==== ||
 * ====//Wives//==== || ====Nefertiti, Merytaten, Kiya, Mekytaten, Ankhesenpaaten==== ||
 * ====//Son//==== || ====Tutankhamun==== ||
 * ====//Daughters//==== || ====Merytaten, Mekytaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Merytaten-tasherit and others==== ||