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The position of God's Wife of Amun was one of the most politically powerful and spiritually significant in later Egyptian history. Elevated from a figurehead in the New Kingdom (c.1570-1069 BCE), the God's Wife of Amun would hold power equal...

This is the upper part of steatite figurine of queen AHMOSE-NEFERTARI, the patroness of the Theban Necropolis. She wears the vulture headdress. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. 19th Dynasty, circa 1292 to 1187 BCE...

Part of a larger relief depicting Nefertari making offerings to Ptah. In this section, Ptah is depicted in his characteristic form as a mummified man holding a was-sceptre. From the Tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. Thebes, Egypt...

Rectangular fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting representing Ahmose-Nefertari standing among foliage with cartouche above. 20th Dynasty, Tomb of Kynebu, Thebes, Egypt. British Museum, London.

A limestone statue of Pendua and his wife Nefertari. The couple embrace in an unsual depiction. Deir-el-Medina, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX, 1292-1186 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 BCE, alternative spellings: Ramses, Rameses) was known to the Egyptians as Userma'atre'setepenre, which means 'Keeper of Harmony and Balance, Strong in Right, Elect of Ra'. He is also known also as Ozymandias and...

Women in ancient Egypt had more rights than in any other ancient culture and were valued with greater respect. This is evident not only in the physical evidence and inscriptions but in their religion. Some of the most powerful and important...

Abu Simbel is an ancient temple complex, originally cut into a solid rock cliff, in southern Egypt and located at the second cataract of the Nile River. The two temples which comprise the site were created during the reign of Ramesses II...

Her name echoes down the corridors, in classrooms and in books, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt was a great French Egyptologist and, in the opinion of the writer, a woman strong and determined enough to have been the first female to direct...

In ancient times, the First Cataract at Aswan marked the southern frontier of Egypt. Beyond lay the land of Nubia, which stretched along the river Nile from the First Cataract southwards for about 250 kilometres (155 mi). This region, known...