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Nefertari

Nefertari
Great Royal Wife
Lady of The Two Lands
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt
Tomb wall depicting Queen Nefertari, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Rameses II
Diedc. 1255 BC
Burial
SpouseRamesses II
IssueAmun-her-khepeshef
Pareherwenemef
Meryatum
Meryre
Meritamen
Henuttawy
Baketmut (possibly)
Nefertari (possibly)
Nebettawy (possibly)
Names
Nefertari Meritmut
Dynasty19th of Egypt
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
Nefertari-Meritmut in hieroglyphs
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Nefertari Meritmut
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The most beautiful (one) among them,

beloved of Mut

Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time. Her lavishly decorated tomb, QV66, is one of the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens. Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument there.


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