Nefertiti

SANTOS, Yna Carmela S. G01032672 SELF-REFLECTION “All things are possible. Who you are is limited by who you think you are.” This is one of the quote or proverb translated from Ancient Egypt’s Book of the Dead. And this is one of the quotes that I try to remember every single day, every time I doubt myself that I can’t accomplish anything. This quote helped me opened my mind to all new experiences and life lessons. And this quote helped me get out of my comfort zone. I am an introvert. I…

Early Life King Tutankhamun was born in 1341 B.C. Tutankhamun means,''the living image of Aten''. In his time, ancient Egypt was going through a great social and political upheaval, meaning sudden changes. Tutankhamen's father was forbidden to worship other gods in favor of one of the gods, Aten.This is why they call his father the "heretic king". Akhenaten was going to attempt to elevate the other gods. However, what he also wanted to do is reduce power from priests. The people that…

The New Kingdom was the time of the warrior pharaohs and the eighteenth dynasty. Many well-known pharaohs and other important figures such as Tutankhamun and Nefertiti came from this impressive dynasty. A lesser-known pharaoh, also of the eighteenth dynasty, ruled Ancient Egypt before both figures but had greater significance in terms of their rule. The typical thought of a pharaoh is a man who is descendent of the royal family and is believed to be the direct link and descendent of the gods of…

Akhenaten, along with Nefertiti, facing one another and enjoying the company of three of their children – Akhenaten is even shown to be kissing the eldest child. This picture of the royal couple as members of a loving and doting family, used as an image worthy of veneration, is evidence to further support the agenda that these artistic changes would have supported, which I discussed at the beginning of this piece. Akhenaten has had a very specific image carved of both himself and Nefertiti, and…

Women rights have always been an issue; especially back in the ancient times. If I had to pick which civilization be apart of, I would obviously choose the one that gave women the most freedom. After reading upon each different civilization, I would have to choose Ancient Egypt. It appears that the Egyptians gave their women the most freedom. Egyptian females were surprisingly treated equal to Egyptian males. Egyptian women were noted as independent women. Unlike most women around the world…

Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV was the Pharaoh of Egypt in the 18th century. He was married to Nefertiti and had six girls with her. Four of them died at a young age from an unknown disease. However, they are believed to have passed away from a plague that was going around Egypt at the time. He also had a few other wives, but they were unnamed. He ruled Egypt for seventeen years and was known as a rebel king because he made some of the biggest changes in all of Egyptian history.…

Identity and celebration of life were very important in the ancient world. In some civilizations, a person’s identity is the most important part of death, as their identity serves as a key to the afterlife. In other civilizations, identity is also important, but they focus more on how the person lived their life because, in the end, death comes to everyone. I will be discussing two pieces: The Skull Mosaic and Akhenaten and Family. While these two pieces may seem like an odd comparison, I…

with legal rights that protected them, in divorce the mother typically received economic benefits if her partner were to commit infidelity . Politically, queens of Ancient Egypt had major influence an empire (Joshua Mark 2016). Female kings like Nefertiti and Sobeknefru proved that political barriers for female that were not possible to overcome could be a reality in Ancient Egypt (Joann Fletcher 2011). Women in Egypt had the power to rule over a land that is mainly dominated by male in other…

Tutankhamun lived more than 3,300 years ago during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom era. Tutankhamun was born Tutankhaten which means “Living Image of the Aten”, in 1341 B.C. in Egypt. His father was Akhenaten known as the Heretic King and his mother was Nefertiti, who was also his sister. King Tutankhamun was one of the most well-known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. King Tutankhamen began school when he was four year’s old. He learned to read and write. He was a decent student and graduated with…

their safety and well-being, Akhenaten’s approval rating was so low that the pharaoh was all but erased from history by his successors. Little is known about Akhenaten himself. His reign was short-lived- only lasting sixteen years. His main wife, Nefertiti, was likely seen by him as an equal. The two had six daughters together, before Nefertiti’s passing twelve years into his reign. It has been confirmed that another child, one who would later call himself Tutankhamun, was spawned with a…