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225: Nefertari Beloved of Mut
Around 1300 BCE, King Sety I selected a group of "beauties" for his son, to marry and produce children. One of these was Nefertari (Nefret-Iry, "She Has Become Beautiful"). A girl of unknown origins (but some tantalising possibilites) who would rise to the rank of King's Chief/Great Wife. Nefertari is world-famous, especially for her monuments. But the Queen herself is remarkably shadowy. We go in search of her tale...
Music: Ancient Lyric (intro) & Keith Zizza (outro).
Logo image: Nefertari and Ise/Isis, from the Queen's tomb QV66. Photo by Edward Hutt.
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By Dominic Perry
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Around 1300 BCE, King Sety I selected a group of "beauties" for his son, to marry and produce children. One of these was Nefertari (Nefret-Iry, "She Has Become Beautiful"). A girl of unknown origins (but some tantalising possibilites) who would rise to the rank of King's Chief/Great Wife. Nefertari is world-famous, especially for her monuments. But the Queen herself is remarkably shadowy. We go in search of her tale...
Music: Ancient Lyric (intro) & Keith Zizza (outro).
Logo image: Nefertari and Ise/Isis, from the Queen's tomb QV66. Photo by Edward Hutt.
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