History queen nefertiti

Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten

This article is about the Ancient Egyptian queen.

History queen nefertiti

For other uses, see Nefertiti (disambiguation).

For other individuals named Neferneferuaten, see Neferneferuaten (disambiguation).

Nefertiti (^[3]) (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Nefertiti and her husband were known for their radical overhaul of state religious policy, in which they promoted the earliest known form of monotheism, Atenism, centered on the sun disc and its direct connection to the royal household.

With her husband, she reigned at what was arguably the wealthiest period of ancient Egyptian history.^[4] After her husband's death, some scholars believe that Nefertiti ruled briefly as the female pharaoh known by the throne name, Neferneferuaten and before the ascension of Tutankhamun, although this identification is a matter of ongoing debate.^[