![Nefertiti, painted limestone bust, about 1350 &BC;; in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin. [Credit: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; photograph, Jurgen Liepe]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/9852.gif)
Nefertiti, painted limestone bust, about 1350 &BC;; in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin. [Credit: Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin; photograph, Jurgen Liepe](flourished 14th century &BC;) Queen of Egypt and wife of
Akhenaton (r. 1353–36 &BC;).
She is known from her portrait bust found at Tell el-Amarna, the king's new capital. She may have been an Asian princess from Mitanni. She appears with Akhenaton in reliefs at Tell el-Amarna and followed his new cult of the sun god Aton. Of her six daughters, two became queens of Egypt. In the 12th year of Akhenaton's reign, Nefertiti either retired after losing favour or died.
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