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===Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)=== | ===Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)=== | ||
[[File:La salle dAkhenaton (1356-1340 av J.C.) (Musée du Caire) (2076972086).jpg|right|250px|thumb|Pharaoh Akhenaten (center) and his family worshiping the Aten, with characteristic rays seen emanating from the solar disk. Later such imagery was prohibited.]] | |||
* reign: 1353 – 1336 BC | * reign: 1353 – 1336 BC | ||
* also spelled Akhenaton | * also spelled Akhenaton | ||
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** [http://www.famoushistoricalevents.net/belief-akhenaten/ Belief Of Akhenaten] | ** [http://www.famoushistoricalevents.net/belief-akhenaten/ Belief Of Akhenaten] | ||
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'''Nefertiti''' | '''Nefertiti''' | ||
* wife & queen to Akhenaten | * wife & queen to Akhenaten | ||
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'''click EXPAND for details''' | '''click EXPAND for details''' | ||
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[[File:Nofretete Neues Museum.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Nefertiti bust, perhaps the most famous depiction of an ancient Egyptian ]] | |||
** some suggest she was also Akhenaten's sister, which is unlikely | ** some suggest she was also Akhenaten's sister, which is unlikely | ||
* title of Egyptian queen = "Great Royal Wife" | * title of Egyptian queen = "Great Royal Wife" | ||
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** there is little evidence for the succession of Akheneten | ** there is little evidence for the succession of Akheneten | ||
*** much evidence of his rule was erased by his successors | *** much evidence of his rule was erased by his successors | ||
''' the Hittite letters''' | |||
* letter from an Egyptian queen to Suppiluliuma I, the Hittite ruler at Hattusa, the Hittite capital | |||
** the letter reads | |||
<pre> | |||
My husband has died and I have no son. They say about you that you have many sons. You might give me one of your sons to become my husband. I would not wish to take one of my subjects as a husband... I am afraid.</pre> | |||
* Suppiluliuma supposedly replied: | |||
<pre>Nothing like this has happened to me in my entire life!</pre> | |||
** possible authors of the letter are Nerfertiti, her daughter, Meritaten, or Ankhesenamun, wife of Tutankhamun | |||
* see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti#Hittite_letters Hittite Letters (wiki)]] | |||
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