Queen Nefertiti: An Amazing Person In Ancient Egypt

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Have you ever wondered about what queen Nefertiti was like? Well, she was an amazing person. Let me tell you a little bit about her. She was a very important person in ancient Egypt and did a lot of great things in Egypt. She had a very interesting life. Who was she, what did she do, and who was in her family?
Queen Nefertiti was a beautiful and powerful woman. She was said to be the wife of more than two pharaohs. At one point in her life, Nefertiti also was thought to be a pharaoh for about twelve years. As she ruled with her two husbands she also was the queen of the upper and lower Egypt. She was also a long distant relative to Akhenaten her husband, who was also a pharaoh.
Queen Nefertiti’s family is very mixed up. She had been married

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