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Queen

Cartoon of a woman with a flower, long eyelashes, and a crown band

Ahmose-Nefertari

A queen people honoured long after she died.

Years
About 1550 BCE
We are not sure of the exact year.
Time
New Kingdom. New Kingdom.
Where they ruled or lived
Thebes

Three facts

  1. 1She was a leading queen beside Ahmose I.
  2. 2Later workers at Thebes called her a guardian.
  3. 3Some later pictures paint her a deep blue-black.

More to know

That dark colour showed she was special. It was not a photo of her skin. She held land and power in the temple world.

Places: Thebes.

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