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Nefertiti

The Ancients

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Is She a Foreign Born Princess Who Came to Egypt to Marry the King?

It's been suggested that she was a foreign born princess who came to egypt to marry the king. Because they couldn't pronounce her name, they basically gave her an egyptian name - nepotiti. And it's probably the beautiful one who'se come, is not the queen herself. Its probably the goddess hathor. It's interesting, joyce, isn't it? Like she's not from the royal family directly, but quite closely linked. Does it seem most likely, therefore, as you say, that i's part of a diplomatic move, that she marries into the egyptian dynasty? This has been suggested. We do know that egypt kings did

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