Nefertari (18th dynasty)

Nefertari in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC)

Nefertari was a queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, the first Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose IV.^[1]

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

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