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Eternal Egypt: Nedjmet
Nedjmet was the wife of the general, King Herihor, who obtained the post of High Priest of Amun and ruler of Thebes under Ramesses the Eleventh. She had a long life and died during the reign of Smendes, founder of the Twenty-First Dynasty.
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Eternal Egypt: Henuttawy
Henuttawy was a daughter of Ramesses the Eleventh and the wife of Pinudjem the First. She bore a number of children, including the High Priest, Menkheperre, King Psusennes the First, and his wife, Mutnedjmet.
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Eternal Egypt: Beautiful Pectoral of Mereret
This necklace with a pectoral had once adorned the figure of Queen Mereret, the daughter of King Senusert the Third and sister of his successor Amenemhat the Third.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut is portrayed wearing the Nemes headdress with a uraeus, or royal cobra, and the Shendyt kilt so that she would be accepted by the Egyptians, whose traditions demanded a male ruler. The statue was destroyed in the time of...
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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Adoration of Aten
The slab shows the traditional scene of adoration of the god Aten by the royal family. King Akhenaten is represented with his wife Queen Nefertiti and their eldest daughters, Meritaten and Mekitaten.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Section of Great Pyramid
A: King's Chamber; B: Queen's Chamber; C: Chamber Cut in Rock.
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Dr. Zahi Hawass: Quest for the Mummy of Hatshepsut
The story of Dr. Hawass's (Egypt's foremost expert on ancient Egypt) first attempts to locate and identify the mummy of Hatshepsut. He finally identified her mummy in 2007.
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Discovering Ancient Egypt: Akhenaten the Heretic
Akhenaten was revolutionary in his religious beliefs. He worshiped only the sun god in a polytheistic society, therefore he was not loved by many of his subjects. This following site includes a summary, a podcast and video highlighting...
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Unesco: Egypt: Ancient Thebes With Its Necropolis
Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens,...