More than 3,400 years ago, Nefertiti and her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten, brought sweeping changes to their kingdom. Several years later, she suddenly vanished from the historical record. Some believe she died of the plague. Others think she was banished. But some Egyptologists cite evidence that she ruled as co-regent with Akhenaten — and then on her own.

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