[ SECRET POST #5986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5986 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

If it's as you say, I think you've convinced me, anon. And I kind of hope you'll hang around in the thread and tell us more about Nefertiti.

[(Anonymous)]

There's so much, nonny! Alongside her husband, she ruled Egypt and had more power than Great Royal Wives typically had. Lots of art shows them both worshipping the sun god Ra, along with their children. However, we know nothing about her death. For someone who was so significant in her lifetime, she just disappears from the historical records at some point. It's been speculated that she merely passed away from an illness, or fell into disgrace somehow and mention of her was avoided/destroyed. But! Around the time that she disappears, a co-regent to the throne named "Neferneferuaten" appears. So one theory is that Neferneferuaten is Nefertiti, who took on a new name as pharaoh, which wasn't unheard of at the time. (Hatshepsut did the same.)

Another is that a later pharaoh named Smenkhkare (also a mysterious person we only know a little about) who ruled for a short period and perhaps was co-regent with Ahkenaten was also Nefertiti under a different name, and perhaps, dressed as a man. This isn't as unusual as it sounds, because Hatshepsut also styled herself as male, perhaps to help legitimize her rule as pharaoh.

It's all up for debate, because the historical record is incomplete and confusing. There's even a mummy that people speculate might be Nefertiti, but that too, cannot be confirmed. That's what I mean when I said you could get really creative with her story, far more so than you could with Cleopatra, IMO.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Oh, that is tantalizing, to say the least. So many possibilities!

[(Anonymous)]

Another interesting adjacent rabbit hole is the tomb KV55:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV55

Its occupant was originally identified as a woman due to their large hips, but was later determined to be a man. DNA evidence suggests it's either Akhenaten or Smenkhkare, and if it's the latter, it would rule out the theory that Nefertiti succeeded her husband. As it stands, folks can't seem to agree on the body's age. It's pretty fascinating stuff.