
Nefertiti
The Ancients
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Is This a Key Source of Evidence for Nefetiti?
We don't have a great deal of written evidence about her at all. She's mentioned but in a very stereotyped way, it could be any queen. So we're very reliant on archaeology for her. And is this archaological evidence? Is this one of the key sources that we have for egitologists like yourself trying to piece together the life of nefetiti? It is. But it does depend on interpretation. The main debate is, how important is she? How influential is she during her husband's reign? Did she rule alongside him and maybe take over when he died? Or was she just a stereo typical queen? That's really is the debate.
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