Nefertiti is one of the most fascinating Egyptian rulers in history. She was a queen, but also a priestess - and might have even been a pharaoh. She and her husband, Amenhotep IV (AKA Akhenaten), ...

Together, the pair led a religious revolution by abandoning polytheism and promoting worship of the sun god Aten. Nefertiti was often portrayed with her husband in elaborate attire, suggesting her ...

A limestone stela at the Neues Museum features Akhenaten and Nefertiti with three of their daughters beneath the sun god Aten. In Amarna stelae like this were erected as shrines in elite residences.

Nefertiti and her husband were behind a religious revolution. Previously, Egyptians had worshipped more than one god, but the pair made their subjects venerate just one — the sun disc Aten.