| Nefertari | |||||
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| Great Royal Wife Lady of The Two Lands Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt | |||||
.jpg) Tomb wall depicting Queen Nefertari,
the great royal wife of Pharaoh Rameses II | |||||
| Died | c. 1255 BC | ||||
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| Spouse | Ramesses II | ||||
| Issue | Amun-her-khepeshef Pareherwenemef Meryatum Meryre Meritamen Henuttawy Baketmut (possibly) Nefertari (possibly) Nebettawy (possibly) | ||||
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| Dynasty | 19th of Egypt | ||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||
| Nefertari-Meritmut in hieroglyphs | |||||||
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Nefertari Meritmut Nfrt jrj mrjt n Mwt The most beautiful (one) among them, beloved of Mut  Look up nfrt-jrj in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. | |||||||
Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. She used these skills in her diplomatic work, corresponding with other prominent royals of the time. Her lavishly decorated tomb, QV66, is one of the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens. Ramesses also constructed a temple for her at Abu Simbel next to his colossal monument there.