3. Nefertiti get birth to 6 daughters from Akhenaten, the first 3 daughters were born in Thebes and the other 3 were born in Akhetaton (Amarna). The Egyptologists believe that two of her daughters became queens of Egypt someday. Another theory said that Nefertiti was the mother of king Tutankhamun, but the examinations of the mummies proved that she was not.
4. Nefertiti and her husband Amenhotep IV declared an official religion to the whole country, all the Egyptians have to worship only one god, the sun god, Aten. Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten and also named the city Akhetaton where they live, to honor their new god.
5. Nefertiti ruled Egypt in the wealthiest period, She and her husband Akhenaten achieved an artistic boom in Amarna city, which was the capital of Egypt back then. That’s why her husband wanted to present her in all their drawings to be equal to him, like a pharaoh wearing the royal crown, or defeating enemies in battles.
6. Until today, we’re not sure how queen Nefertiti died, her name vanished from all the historical records we found until the 12th year of Akhenaten’s reign. This made us think that she died of a natural cause or maybe from a kind of disease, but after the year 2012, we discovered another bore that holds Nefertiti’s name from the year 16 of Akhenaten’s reign which clearly proves that Nefertiti was still alive until then, but we couldn’t know how she died or why her name disappears in this period yet.
7. Egyptologists are so confused about the location of queen Nefertiti’s tomb until today. They did a great search to discover if she was buried in Amarna, but they didn’t find her mommy in the royal burial site of Amarna. There are many theories about finding her body, but all were wrong. They thought that her body was one of the bodies discovered in the Valley of the Kings, but the examination proved it wasn’t one of them.
8. During the research made to know more about Nefertiti, the Egyptologists found a unique statue called Nefertiti’s bust. This statue was a beauty icon for the female figure from the ancient world. They believe it was made in 1345 BC, and they found it in a workshop belonging to the amazing sculptor Thutmose in 1912 in Amarna city by a German archaeological group. Today, Nefertiti’s bust is located at the Neues Museum in Berlin, and it’s now the most copied artwork in history. I’m pretty sure that you have seen this statue before.
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