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Nefertari (18th dynasty)
Queen of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nefertari was a queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, the first Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose IV.[1]
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![]() The great royal wife Nefertari - from the Egyptian Museum in Leipzig, Germany | |
Spouse | Tuthmosis IV |
Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
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Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | ||||
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Her origins are unknown - she was a commoner. On several depictions she and Queen Mother Tiaa are depicted as goddesses accompanying Thutmose. In the 7th year the new Great Royal Wife was Thutmose's sister Iaret; Nefertari died when Iaret was 13 years old and thus old enough to become Thutmose's wife.[2]
She was depicted together with her husband before gods in Gizeh, on eight stelae. She was also shown on a stela found in the Luxor Temple and was mentioned on a scarab found in Gurob.[3] Nefertari and Iaret died childless; after Thutmose's death the next pharaoh was Amenhotep III, the son of a secondary wife called Mutemwia.