Nefertiti

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queen of Egypt, wife of Akhenaten

c. 1370 BC – 1330 BC · 40 years · Akhetaten (Amarna) · Africa

Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten and partner in the Aten cult; her famous bust is an icon of ancient Egyptian beauty.

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Portrait: Philip Pikart · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Contemporaries around the world

Africa

Tutankhamun — Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh, 29 years younger
Akhenaten — reformer pharaoh of Egypt, 10 years older

The world in their lifetime

c. 1346 BC Akhenaten founds Akhetaten — aged 24, Africa