Nefertiti
Nefertiti, the splendid and young wife of Amenofi IV (XIV century BC), had a name which literally means "the beauty has arrived", made her believe for a long time foreign. More likely, however, she must have been an Egyptian noble, made legendary by her dazzling beauty and who would have stood out by supporting her husband in the difficult religious reform he embarked on.
A fervent adept of the cult of Aten, the sovereign always appears, in the various representations alongside the king, in priestly functions.
Nefertiti remained faithful to Aten even after her husband was forced to make heavy compromises with the priests of Amun. Retired in the northern part of the city of Akhetaton, in a palace that was called "Castle of Aton", the queen remained there in a sort of voluntary exile until her death. For this reason it was believed that Nefertiti had been repudiated by Akhenaten, who would have preferred a young ephebe, Smenekhkare.
The extraordinary beauty of Nefertiti has been handed down to us above all by a famous painted limestone bust, exhibited at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, in Berlin.
