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History Lovers

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  • CarolineB17
    CarolineB17 · May 28, 2014
    So lately I've kinda been obsessed with with Egyptian history, and the other day I came across this awesome documentary about Queen Hefertiti , she was one of Eygpt's greatest kings! That's right she ruled as a KING!! Unfortunately so little is known about her because after her death, the priests decided that a woman was not fit to have been ruler and they attempted to erase all existence of her name from most of the ancient hieroglyphic records. Even still, talk about major girl power!!!

    niteowl replied · May 28, 2014

    Are you referring to Hatshepshut or Nefertiti? The former was widely known to rule as pharoah. Nefertiti was Akhenaten's wife, and while she may have been the mysterious "Smenkhare" that ruled before Tutenkhamun, there's not enough evidence to say either way. In any case, their legacy was erased due to their "heretic" sun cult, not because she ruled as king.


    CarolineB17 replied · May 29, 2014

    Hatshepsut, my bad, Nefertiti and Akhenaten actually ruled as equals and after her husband's death, Nefertiti attempted to convert back to the old religion by reappointing the priests. In fact there is a mummy which some believe to be Nefertiti, and after getting permission from the egyptian government and performing many x-rays of the mummy it was discovered that the mummy was murdered. If it was Nefertiti, I believe that she was most likely murdered for her because of the whole sun cult she and Akhenaten attempted to start.


    Kingly342 replied · Nov 8, 2016

    But...Boudicca....



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