The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

As the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, Nefertiti played a major role in Egyptian politics. Together, the pair led a religious revolution by abandoning polytheism and promoting worship of the sun god Aten.

Nefertiti was one of the wives of Tutankhamun's father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic material could be, saying only that he thinks the ...

Culture Club/Getty Images Recently discovered by archaeologists, the “Lost Golden City” was abandoned by the heretic King Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti around 1336 B.C. for reasons that are ...

The Egyptian-themed ship is named after Nefertiti’, an Egyptian queen and wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten during the 14th century B.C, and literally translates to ‘beautiful companion’.

Join us for a talk that reviews the history of the Amarna Period and the lives of King Akhenaten and his Queen Nefertiti. It will review the evidence from the site called ‘Kom el-Nana’ at Tell ...