NEFERTITI: THE HEROINE OF EGYPT

Throughout time, the world had discriminated women, making stereotypes and rules and denying their rights. The mass always talks about bad occurrences of the past and frequently disregards the ones which really matter-the ones about powerful women of history. Being the queen of Egypt, an equal to her king, Nefertiti is one of the world’s most powerful women in history. This is how she did it. This is the story of her success.
 
Nefertiti lived between 1370 and 1330 BC and although her reign was only twelve years long, she still remains the most powerful queen of Egypt. She was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaton and was considered his equal. The literal translation of her name is ‘’the beauty has come’’ and she was considered one of the most beautiful women of Egypt. Because of her beauty and power she was given a variety of nicknames. My personal favorite is, without doubt, ‘’The Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt’’, which shows her indefinite power in her kingdom. 
 
One of her first proof of emancipation and establishment as an equal to her husband was the change of the religious system in Egypt. She declared herself and her husband the clergy of Aton, an aspect of Ra, Egyptian god of the Sun. She helped lead the religious revolution that changed Egypt forever. With her husband by her side, Nefertiti made Aton the supreme god, thus disregarding the old gods. She shut down all the temples and forced the priests (...)

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