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Nefertiti

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Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten, depicted with unprecedented prominence in temple reliefs, sometimes in poses traditionally reserved for kings. Her fate after Akhenaten's final years is not fixed by the record. Attested. The series' position that she did not reign as the pharaoh Neferneferuaten is a flagged narrative choice; some scholars, including Aidan Dodson, argue she did.

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