Meketaten | |||||||
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King's Daughter | |||||||
Died | Amarna | ||||||
Burial | Royal Tomb, Amarna | ||||||
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Dynasty | 18th Dynasty | ||||||
Father | Akhenaten | ||||||
Mother | Nefertiti | ||||||
Religion | Atenist religion |
Meketaten (Ancient Egyptian: mꜥkt itn, meaning "Behold the Aten" or "Protected by Aten") was the second of six daughters born to the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. She likely lived between Year 4 and Year 14 of Akhenaten's reign. Although little is known about her, she is frequently depicted with her sisters accompanying her royal parents in the first two-thirds of the Amarna Period.