Nefertiti (c. 1370 - c. 1336 BCE) was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means, `the beautiful one has come' and, because of the world-famous bust created by the sculptor Thutmose (discovered in 1912 CE), she is the most recognizable queen of ancient Egypt.
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c. 1370 BCE - c. 1336 BCELife of Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
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c. 1350 BCEBirth of Ankhsenamun, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, wife of Tutankhamun.
