Text Á The Search for Nefertiti The True Story of an Amazing Discovery Ô Joann Fletcher
Had ended She had been found But the uestions were just beginningNefertiti first rose to prominence in Egyptology in 1912 when a three thousand year old bust of the ueen was unearthed and uickly became a recognizable artifact around the world But pieces of Nefertiti's life remained missing The world had seen what she looked like but few knew about her place in historyVirtually nothing is recorded about Nefertiti's early years What is known about her life starts with her rise to power her breaking through the sex barrier to rule as a virtual co Pharaoh alongside her husband Akhenaten Upon his death she took full control of his kingdom The Egyptian people loved her and celebrated her beauty in art but the priests did not feel the same way They believed Nefertiti's power ov I met the author
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The Search for Nefertiti The True Story of an Amazing DiscoveryEr her husband was so great that she would instill her monotheistic beliefs upon him rendering their own power obsolete Egyptologists concur that it was these priests who upon Nefertiti's death had her name erased from public record and any likeness of her defaced This ultimately led to her being left out of history for three thousand yearsIn The Search for Nefertiti Dr Fletcher an esteemed Egyptologist traces not only her thirteen year search for this woman whose beauty was as great as her power but also brings to the forefront the way Egypt's royal dead have been treated over time by people as varied as Agatha Christie and Adolf Hitler She also explores how modern technology and forensics are uickly changing the field of archaeology and in turn what we know about histor Bit of a strange