Queen Nefertiti, born c.1370 BC was queen of Egypt in the XVIIIth dynasty. Her father was Ay, who later attained the position of pharaoh supplanting Tutankhamun after his untimely death. Ay’s wife was Tey, who is believed to have been Nefertiti’s stepmother as she did not bear the title of Royal Mother of the Great Royal Wife.
Queen Nefertiti (c. 1370 BC – c. 1331 BC) was a queen of the XVIIIth dynasty of Egypt, the first Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten. Nefertiti was born in Thebes, so we would place her, in Egyptian chronology, within the New Empire (1500 BC – 1070 BC). Within this period, Nefertiti gained great importance in the known “Amarnian Period” (1353 B.C. – 1336 B.C.).
The title Tey bore was that of Ruler, of the pharaoh’s primordial wife. Nefertiti was orphaned when she was very young. From the marriage of Ay with Tey were born: Mutnedymet, who was half-sister of Nefertiti.
There are many opinions of Egyptologists about the role of Nefertiti in the so-called Amarna Schism.
It was the reign of Akhenaten that drastically revolutionized the society and culture of the Egyptians.
Some believe that she was dragged by the ideas of her husband.
While others believe that she was the author of the evil rebellion.
The truth was that Nefertiti always accompanied and supported the decisions of her husband Akhenaten.
The bust of Nefertiti is considered a great masterpiece of Egyptian art. In 1912 it was found by a group of archaeologists of German origin, this group was led by Professor Luis Borchardt. They found it in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose.
Many are the opinions of archaeologists as to why the eyeball on the left side of the Bust of Nefertiti is missing. Among the possible reasons are
When archaeologists first found the Bust they thought it had come off, which is why they put all their perseverance into getting it.
However, the eye did not appear.
In life she could have lost the eye, however, in other images and reliefs of her, she appears with her 2 eyes, only in this sculpture is where she does not have it.
That is why this idea is discarded.
As the years went by, the researchers realized that the cavity where the quartz eye should have been embedded was very smooth, without traces of glue, which surely must have been beeswax, which was the one used at that time. This showed them that the eye had never been placed.
Others think that the sculpture was left like this so that apprentices could finish it and learn how the quartz eyes were inserted in the sockets.
around 1057 BC, the tomb had been opened and used as a necropolis of the dispossessed, a mass grave with mummies from other tombs.
In addition, in the antechamber of the two pillars, Loret found a mummy beaten and lying on a model of a boat and inside a small chamber nine more were piled up, some in sarcophagi and others not. But what was even more astonishing was to find, in a nearby chamber, three other bodies, all of them without sarcophagi, naked and with no means of identification.
Regarding her wedding, there is no precise date. However, it is believed to have been when Akhenaten ascended to co-regent of Amenhotep III, who was his father.
After the death of Prince Amenhotep, the succession fell on his brother who was Akhenaten. From the marriage of Nefertiti with Akhenaten 6 daughters were born
Although she was not the ruler, Nefertiti is a key figure in history thanks to her influential persona. She was queen and wife, something that was captured in depictions of her that survive to this day.
Historians have deduced that Nefertiti was one of the main advocates of the religious and cultural movement Akhenaten, in which she represented the feminine aspect and her husband represented the masculine, forming together a bridge between the Aten and the Egyptian people.
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