11-28-15, 12:54 PM
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Gefallen Engel U-666
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This is gonna get juicy and it makes some sense, given the political schism of the time, arguably Egypt's period of greatest wealth. Nefertiti and AkhenAten worshipped the Aten(sun) and Nefertiti is presumed to have ruled as king for a time in her own right possibly as Neferneferuaten a coregent for a very young TutAnkHamun and his sister-wife, Ankhesenamun. Many of the funerary goods (including the iconic gold mask) for Tut appear hastily reassembled from Nefertiti's own long-prearranged trip to the hereafter, even as she suffered the premature loss of her son-much less the great peace-maker pharaoh- who ended the religious schism by reassuming the name Amun, and then died inconveniently- age 19! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neferneferuaten As the grave goods were mom's why not a front chamber next to mom as well!?? Moreover the real power lay with the Amarna ladies from great queen Tiye on down; The royal women of Amarna have more surviving text about them than any other women from ancient Egypt. It is clear that they played a large role in royal and religious functions. Nefertiti was said to be the force behind the new monotheist-Atonism.... religion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna_Period Ol' grandpa Ai, Tut's grandfather and Nefertiti's dad, became pharaoh after carefully burying Tut and then married Tut's widow-sister ie his own granddaughter Ankhesenamun to neatly wrap up the 'loose ends'!!! Jus' takin' care of the kids! Beats any soap opera on TV!
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