Definition of Nefertiti

1. Noun. Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC).

Generic synonyms: Queen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nefertiti

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Nebraskan
Nebraskans
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzars
Nebuchadrezzar
Nebuchadrezzar II
Neckar
Neckar River
Necronomicon
Needhamian
Needles' split cast method
Neel
Neethling virus
Nefertiti (current term)
Neftali Ricardo Reyes
Neftel's disease
NegGram
Negaprion
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Negar
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Negerhollands
Negeri Sembilan
Negev
Negev Desert
Neginah
Neginoth
Negishi coupling

Literary usage of Nefertiti

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs by Egypt Exploration Society Archaeological Survey of Egypt (1908)
"and to the great royal wife, Nefertiti, living for ever and ever. Grant that I live in receipt of his bounty. I am a servant whom His Majesty fostered. ..."

2. A History of Egypt by Sir John Pentland Mahaffy, Joseph Grafton Milne, Stanley Lane-Poole, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1896)
"And it is most probable that Nefertiti is the other name of ... 82 g), just as Nefertiti is called hent res meh, nebt taut, '' princess of south and north, ..."

3. A History of Egypt: During the XVIIth and XVIIIth Dynasties. 1896, with by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1897)
"And it is most probable that Nefertiti is the other name of ... Hence Nefertiti would be a rightful heiress of the Egyptian throne ; and, similarly, ..."

4. History Pockets, Ancient Egypt, Grades 4-6 by Marc Tyler Nobleman (2003)
"Akhenaten and Nefertiti supported radical changes in religion. ... Nefertiti may have ruled Egypt for a short time after her husband's death. ..."

5. The Story of the Pharaohs by James Baikie (1908)
"He is almost invariably represented in company with his wife Nefertiti and his ... (The figure shows Akhenaten and Nefertiti apparently in the act of ..."

6. Syria and Egypt: From the Tell El Amarna Letters by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1898)
"On no monuments is there any trace of any other wife of the king, and from the great prominence of Nefertiti, Akhenaten's devotion to her, and the absence ..."

7. Egypt by Eva Ambros (2001)
"But on the right the Amarna style has become dominant: under the rays of the sun god Aton, the king, accompanied by Nefertiti. is shown leaning out of the ..."

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