Nefertari
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c. 1300 BC – 1255 BC · 45 years · Thebes · Africa
Favourite wife of Ramesses II, honoured with the small temple at Abu Simbel; her tomb is the finest in the Valley of the Queens.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 13th century BC
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Contemporaries around the world
Africa
- Ramesses II — New Kingdom pharaoh, 3 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1274 BC Battle of Kadesh — aged 26, Middle East
- c. 1264 BC Temples of Abu Simbel — aged 36, Africa