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| − | Nefetari, a great Egyptian queen and wife of Ramses II, is regarded as one of the greatest queens of that time | + | Nefetari, a great Egyptian queen and wife of Ramses II, is regarded as one of the greatest queens of that time [http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Nefertari.html]. Although her origins are unknown, we know that she was the daughter of a nobleman and that she and Ramses had about 11 children together. Nefetari was Ramses II's favorite wife and when she died, he built her a great tomb and ordered two temples to be carved out of the mountains in Thebes. One was for him and the other one for Nefetari [http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/nefertari.html]. |
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http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Nefertari.html | http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Nefertari.html | ||
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/nefertari.html | http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/nefertari.html | ||
| + | Isabel Windham | ||
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Nefetari, a great Egyptian queen and wife of Ramses II, is regarded as one of the greatest queens of that time [1]. Although her origins are unknown, we know that she was the daughter of a nobleman and that she and Ramses had about 11 children together. Nefetari was Ramses II's favorite wife and when she died, he built her a great tomb and ordered two temples to be carved out of the mountains in Thebes. One was for him and the other one for Nefetari [2].
Sources:
http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Queen_Nefertari.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/nefertari.html
Isabel Windham
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