In the previous articles, Egypt Today shed light on the lives of Tutankhamen’s wife and half-sister, Ankhesenamun; the first Egyptian female ruler, Queen Merneith, also known as Meritneith and Meryt-Neith; and Queen Hetepheres I. Today’s chosen queen is Neithhotep, the wife of Narmer....
Egyptian queens were more popular than their male counterparts. Ankhesenamun was a queen who was born in 1348 BC and passed away at the age of 26. She was sister and wife to the well-known pharaoh, Tutankhamun, and had possibly been married to other pharaohs as well such as her own fa...
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Tutankhamun married his half sister Queen Ankhesenamun, and the couple's twin daughters were stillborn; their fetuses were buried in jars in the pharaoh's tomb. The couple left no heir to the throne. The tomb of Queen Ankhesenamun has not yet been found. Surviving letters indicate that aft...
The idea of a royal likeness was not uncommon in ancient Egyptian culture; Egypt’s temples and palaces are brimming with them. What makes this representation exceptional is its accurate depiction of the queen. Nefertiti’s bust is remarkably well preserved. ...