ABSTRACT
Born: c. 1366 B.C.; Thebes, Egypt Died: c. 1336 B.C.; probably Egypt Areas of Achievement: Diplomacy; government and politics; pharaohs; theology Contribution: As queen of Egypt married to the iconoclastic Pharaoh Ikhnaton,
Nefertiti helped in the temporary transformation of the culture’s traditional religion into a monotheistic cult of sun worship. She also had an important role in ruling the empire and inspired standards of female beauty.
