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She was the beloved wife of king Akhenaton Famed throughout the ancient world for her outstanding beauty, Queen Nefertiti remains the one of the most well known of the queens of ancient Egypt.Little is known about the origins of Nefertiti but it seems unlikely that she was of royal blood.Her name, meaning"the beautiful (or perfect) woman has come,"
The famous statue of Nefertiti, found in a sculptors workshop in Akhenaton , is one of the most immediately recognisable icons from this period of history. It has escaped the excesses of the Amarna artistic style, and survived the wholesale destruction of Akhenaton,s monuments after his death
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