The Disappearance of Nefertiti

What Happened to Nefertiti?

The Disappearance of Nefertiti

Who is Nefertiti?

Nefertiti was a Queen of Egypt and a wife of King Akhenaton. She was the symbol of Beauty and Feminine Power. She disappeared after one of their princesses died, many people believed she had died, but there was no evidence that she died then, and her body has not been found.

Conjectured causes included injury, a plague that was sweeping through the city, and a natural cause. However, her death still remains a mystery, and we have very little evidence of the life of Nefertiti.

How did Nefertiti Die?

Some scholars suggest that she may have come from Mitanni, a kingdom located in modern-day Syria, or from the Hittite empire in Anatolia.

Where did she come from?

Possible Theories:

When did Nefertiti Die?

While it was once thought that Nefertiti disappeared in the 12th year of Akhenatens reign because of her death or because she took a new name, she was still alive in the 16th year of her husband's reign according to a limestone quarry inscription found on Dayr Abu Hinnis on the Eastern side of the Nile.

​Nefertiti Alien Theory

Some people believe that Nefertiti was of Alien Descent. They say some of Lucian's Vera Historia from the 2nd century contain references to alien lifeforms. None of the theories provided credible information and evidence to prove or convince someone that Nefertiti had something to do with aliens.

Sources:

Quora
History Skills
Wikipedia
Britannica

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Nefertiti was a Queen of ......

• United States

• Egypt

• Australia

• Greenland

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What was Nefertiti the symbol of?

• Pets

• Science

• Egypt

• Beauty & Feminine Power

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How did Nefertiti Die?

• We don't know

• A natural cause

• A plague

• A serious injury