Queen Nefertari :

Queen Nefertari, the favourite Royal Consort of Pharaoh Ramses II ,He called her “The One for Whom the Sun shines.”

She was a member of the 19th dynasty in the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC), also the main wife of Ramses II (1303-1213 BC).

Queen Nefertari was his first wife and his true beloved.

This  love is evident through the kind words engraved on the walls of the Nefertari Temple in Abu Simble.

Ramses II describes his beloved wife as the goddess of strife, beauty and, The Great Royal Wife.

The Lady of the Two Lands, The Goddess of Upper and Lower Egypt,also Nefertari is the only wife of Ramses II’s wives, who have built a special temple next to it His great temple.in the city of Abu Simble.

Her full name is “Nefertari Meritmut”. It means Nefertari Beloved of the goddess .Her tomb is the one of famous tomb in the valley of queens.

Nefertari’s Tomb:

Nefertari tomb is amazing the beauty of the inscriptions, accuracy and ingenuity the use of bright colors.

In addition jewelry, intricately painted sarcophagi, majestic sculptures, perfume and cosmetics jars.

Also you will see the village Deir el-Medina, where skillful artisans worked, lived and creating stunning tombs,and essential materials for the afterlife.

Discovering Nefertari’s Tomb:

Queen Nefertari’s tomb discovered  by Egyptologists in 1904. however,it opened to the public only in the early nineties of the last century,because of the occurrence of some damage, in the inscriptions and decorations due to the deposition of salts Queens.

At the time, the area described as an “isolated valley, rare crossed by the traveler, the undisturbed reign of hawks, jackals and wolves with no trace of plants and yet solemn in its sad silence.”

They discovered dozens of shafts, and tombs including Nefertari’s magnificent burial chamber.

Also It consists of two areas – the upper antechambers and the lower burial chamber, connected together by descending staircases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working and Living in Deir el-Medina:

If you go to the north Valley of the Kings at the necropolis of Thebes, you will find an integrated city called the Monastery of the City.

Deir el-Medina area shows the remains of the houses of this class of workers and their distinguished families.

Also some of them were digging and building the tombs of the Pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings.

The workers who built the tombs were specialists and artists,

in the design, engraving, and decoration of the walls of the tomb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In conclusion, Nefertari is the most important wife of King Ramses II, who lived in the era of the nineteenth family in the 11th century BC. M.
She is also the mother of Maryat Amun who also became a queen.

In addition to her magnificent tomb,which bear witness to the love of King Ramses II for his wife.