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Nefertiti

The Ancients

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Queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty

There's a lot of evidence to show that she, who is also commoner born. And we know who her parents are, we're actually told. But i think the better parallel is queen t, not to be mixed up with swife t, who is defatite's mother in law. She is a very powerful woman. We see her supporting her husband. In statuary. She appears in religious contexts. She is worshipped in nubia as a living goddess. I mean, within the eighteenth dynasty, we've had a hachepsort who actually served as a female paro. By the time, therefore, of nevetiti becoming queen consort of acen

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