Queen Nefertiti essays

Queen Nefertiti essays Queen Nefertiti. The mystery queen of Egypt. Who was she? Why is she so mysterious? Why does such mystery shroud her life and her death? What really happened to her? These are some of the questions that will be covered in this essay. Along with the events of her life, the events of her death will also be covered. The beautiful One has come, the meaning of Nefertiti certainly fits her image. The beautiful painted limestone bust of Nefertiti was discovered in 1912 during a German excavation at Tell el-Amarna. This famous icon now abides in the West Berlin Museum. The German Egyptologist Ludwig Borchardt found this masterpiece. Before her reign as queen there is little known of Nefertiti. Some scholars believe, because her name means the beautiful one has come, that she was from a foreign land and traveled to Egypt. While others maintain, she was from An Egyptian royal bloodline. Others even say that she was in fact not of royalty but her father was a high official, possibly a grand vizier to the king, a man named Ay. The information that is known of Nefertiti comes mainly from tomb scenes, the Aten temple at Karnak, inscription at the Amarna court and now the discovery of tomb KV35 discovered by Victor Loret in 1898, is believed by Egyptologist Joann Fletcher to contain the mummy of Nefertiti, (more will be said about this). Nefertiti lived during the New Kingdom at the end of the 18th Dynasty, in a period known as the Amarna period, from 1353-1336 B.C.E. During the New Kingdom, the 18th Dynasty is depicted in artifacts as a thriving culture. There are farmers who were winnowing and carrying grain to granaries. There are depictions of grape picking in vineyards, herdsmen inspecting cattle, and fishermen using fish hooks. The economy must have been thriving as well, for we see many traders and craftsmen such as goldsmiths, jewelers, engravers and butchers. The depictions of domestic l...