Talk:Nefertiti

Mother in Law of King Tut?

If Akenaton was King Tut's father, and Nefertiti was Akenaton's wife, then Nefertiti was at least King Tut's mother or step-mother, right? I don't understand how she could've been his mother-in-law.

It's simple. Pharaohs often married their sisters and/or half sisters. The same woman could be both the mother (or stepmother) and mother-in-law of a Pharaoh, Das Baz 15:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Nefertiti's Bust

The following text has been moved here from Talk:Nefertiti bust. See below for the Nefertit talk section.

I saw this bust when it made the rounds in the US way back when. It had an article with it describing how Tutmose was commisioned to carve it. Nefertiti sat for him a few times, but then he was left to finish it without her needing to be present. The finished piece was overdue and all inquiries were answered with a response something like, "It's almost ready." After some time, a detachment was sent to investigate. They found Tutmose had constructed a shrine for the scultpure and was on his knees worshipping it. However, I haven't been able to find any information that even hints at this event. Does anyone else have any information on this? Can we post what I wrote just from memory (and, therefore probably contains some errors)? —Frecklefoot 16:16 10 Jun 2003 (UTC)

What does "Found in his workshop" mean? Who found it, and what happened to it then? -- Zoe

It was found in a ruined building in the deserted city of Amarna in 1912, by a German archaelogical expedition. The building was identified as Tutmose's house/studio based on a item with an owner's name and job title on it found in a rubbish pit - since it gave his occupation as "sculptor", and the building was clearly a sculpture workshop, it seemed a logical connection. The head was found on the floor of a storeroom. As was standard practise in those days, as a find it belonged to the expedition, and it was taken back to Berlin where it has remained ever since. (Come back please, Zoe!) Noel 18:55, 10 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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Does this need to be a separate article? Nefertiti's bust should be discussed in her article, and I can't think of anything that could be said about the bust that wouldn't fit into the article on Nefertiti herself. If there is a good reason to have this as a separate article, let me know; otherwise, I'll redirect it in a few days... -- Oliver P. 17:12 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

No, go ahead and redirect it. I thought the story (up top of this page) was enough to make it a seperate article, but I can't find any evidence of it on the Internet, so I don't want to include it since I can't provide any evidence. So, go ahead and redirect it. —Frecklefoot 18:55 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Here ends the moved text. -- Oliver P. 20:07 19 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Nefertiti

I've removed the statement that Nefertiti was Tutankhamun's aunt. I've never heard this. Does anyone know where it came from? -- Oliver P. 23:16 Feb 2, 2003 (UTC)

From The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001 for instance:

Nefertiti ... , queen of ancient Egypt; wife of Ikhnaton (XVIII dynasty) and aunt of Tutankhamen. She seems to have been divorced by Ikhnaton late in his reign..

Egil 23:22 Feb 2, 2003 (UTC)

Interesting! Does it clarify how she is his aunt? By marriage to Akhenaton or by blood? On Tutankhamun's father's side, or mother's side? I think we have to treat this claim with caution, given that no-one agrees on who Tutankhamun's parents were, let alone his aunts and uncles! Ancient Egyptian genealogy is all a bit of a mess, unfortunately... -- Oliver P. 23:45 Feb 2, 2003 (UTC)

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There's some material here that ought to be in other pages - in particular, we ought to have a separate page for Tadukhipa. But let's not add too much about Akhenaten's reigm etc here - there are other pages for that.. Noel 21:48, 19 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I moved the Tadukhipa bio details to a separate page for her. Next step is to move some Akhenaten material to his page. After that we can try and get each page to more accurately show the current range of scholarly theories about them. Noel 20:09, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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Nefertiti found?

Far too much attention is given to Nefertiti found? and Joann Fletcher's "announcement". I won't go so far as to say that her claims have been debunked, but she has very little evidence of substance to back her claims. I have added links both in support and in disagreement with her claims.

Fab 22:21, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Nefertiti and Julia Roberts

Nefertiti and Julia Roberts have an amazing and uncanny resemblance to each other, as can be seen by comparing photographs of Julia Roberts and of the Nefertiti bust. Das Baz 15:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

She looks more like Halle Berry actually.

Or Angela Bassett: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Bassett (NitaReads 06:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC))

Nefertiti's birth

OK i am doing a project on Egyptian Queen Nefertiti and why is it that every source of information i get her birth date is always different so in my scribes report i am just going to put ca.1400 (ca. means round about) i rekon everyone who has something to say about Nefertiti then maybe they should look what people think before they do it cause they are all different. Please i think every source of info should have the same info it is to hard to do a scribes report on her otherwise.

It gets worse. If you followed the Immanuel Velikovsky chronology, which most historians reject, you would have to date Nefertiti to the 9th century BC (the 800's BCE). Even if you reject such radical and extreme theories, the dates of her birth and her death, and her genetical and family relations, are mysterious and imperfectly known. Not even a Time Machine would help to get more exact. By the way, "rekon" is usually spelled reckon. Das Baz 16:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Nefertiti and Aphrodite

Perhaps, Nefertiti was the Greek goddess Aphrodite. (If Danaus was Akenaton).

King Tut

Nefertiti could have been the mother, step-mother, aunt, sister-in-law, mother in law of Tutankhamon, according to various theories. Indeed, she could be both mother and mother in law to him, as the Kings of Egypt usually married their sisters and half-sisters. Das Baz 16:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Code-text??

Why in the world is the entire opening in code-style font? It's rather unusual, is an eyesore, and (most importantly) it stretches the page, and some of its text is obscured by the image of the bust. I'm changing it to normal text right now... Hmm, I guess someone must have put a space in front of the opening, where Nefertiti should have appeared. Oh well, fixed now.T. S. Rice 07:34, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Master Manipulative Propagandist

In ancient Egyptian artwork many times a pharoah will be shown smiting an enemy with a mace. This may not have happened and could have been considered propaganda but I went ahead and deleted this contribution because I do not think she was a master manipulator. At least no more than your average pharoah. I am not sure where this information comes from. If there is evidence of her being a master of manipulation then please post and restore the sentence. Welsh4ever76 18:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The correct spelling is Pharaoh - not "pharoah" (sic). Das Baz 19:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

I was reading this article and found vandalism in the section titled "The Mummy Discovered". I deleted the phrase"Hi my name is paul i hate.. u RAF genius ha ha ha" from the end of the 2nd paragraph. I do not know if this person deleted any content, but it appears he only added this. 208.251.50.182 19:23, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

He didn't delete anything; he just added that. If you hit the "History" tab on the top of the page, click the first bullet point to the edit previous to his first one, and hit compare, you can see exactly what he did. In this case he just did petty vandalism, not blanking. Nothing was removed. However, it's ususally safer to click on the hyperlinked date for the last proper version, which will bring you to that version, then hit "edit this page." A pink bar will appear which says you are editing a older version: That's good. Don't change anything, just type rvv. (revert vandalism) in the edit summary box, and hit Save Page. That'll revert to the old version.Thanatosimii 19:39, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Famous nose?

The first thing I remember ever learning about Nerfertiti is how her nose was beautiful. There are jokes about it. Her nose is famous I think it's worth mentioning.

+ Page style: I did some minor editing. For the ease of use the menu needed to be higher so I added the title 'queen of Egypt and date by the name - for those, like me which need just quick ref in a glimpse. - Please corect if needed. Thank you. --ycc2106 20:08, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

The busts eye

One of the eyes are missing... why?

207.118.9.58 00:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)The bust was never completed by the artist.

Vocab

Have changed 'persona' to 'person' as incorrect word use. 'Persona' refers to an assumed identity; the word required is simply 'person'. Pvc.mermaid 18:56, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Clarification please !

"During Akhenaten's reign (and perhaps after) Nefertiti enjoyed unprecedented power, and was perhaps the most powerful woman on earth. Some time during the reign she was made co-regent: the pharaoh's equal. She was depicted on temple walls the same size as the king, signifying her importance, and shown worshipping the Aten alone. Perhaps most impressively, Nefertiti is shown on a relief from the temple at Amarna which is now in the MFA in Boston, smiting a foreign enemy with a mace before the Aten. Such depictions are reserved for the pharaoh alone, and yet Nefertiti was depicted as such."

Can anyone find evidence of these supposed depictions ? Although I have seen the same text/ideas posted elsewhere on the internet, I can't seem to find any actual literature or artwork to support these claims. Any help would be appreciated :-D

Rikku 01:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC)