Nefertiti (2007) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

Characters/People edit see section history

• Mutnodjmet: Narrator and sister of Nefertiti; also referred to as Mutny.
• Nefertiti: was the Chief Wife (second wife) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten.
• Amunhotep/Akhenaten: Pharaoh, husband of Kiya and Nerfertiti
• Horemheb: A general in the Pharaoh's army.
• Queen Tiye: Queen of Egypt, mother of Akhenaten, and sister of Ay.
• Ay: Vizier, father of Nefertiti and Mutnodjmet
• Vizier Ay: Adviser in Pharaoh's court, father of Mutnodjmet and Nefertiti.
• Tiye: Former queen of Egypt, mother of Akhenaten; also referenced as the Dowager Queen.
• Amunhotep the Elder: Former pharaoh, father of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten, husband of Tiye
• Ipu: Mutny's body servant and best friend at the palace.
• Merit: Nefertiti's body servant.
• Panahesi: High priest of Aten and Kiya's father.
• Kiya: Mother of Tutankhamen and Nebnefer, and first wife of Akhenaten
• Nakhtmin: A general in the Pharoah's army
• Baraka: Mutny's son
• Meritaten: Nefertiti's daughter.
• Thutmose: Royal sculptor.
• Maya: Royal architect.

Quotes edit see section history

• “Now he <Amunhotep> would build a Temple to Aten, a god no one had heard of, a protector of Egypt only Amunhotep understood.”

• Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers

• There were things you believed in for convenience’s sake, and things too sacred to speak against.

  Highlighted by 34 Kindle customers

• In Egypt, there is a saying: When good fortune looks down upon us, it does so in threes, one for each part of the Eye of Horus. His upper lid, his lower lid, and the eye itself.

  Highlighted by 24 Kindle customers

• Horemheb would destroy Amarna block by block upon becoming Pharaoh, with Mutnodjmet as his queen, as is recorded in history.

  Highlighted by 18 Kindle customers

• blue-faced god of the underworld, holding the crook and flail of Egypt. “Osiris,”

  Highlighted by 18 Kindle customers

• Nefertiti’s mother had died when her daughter was two; she’d been a princess from Mitanni and my father’s first wife. She was the one who gave Nefertiti her name, which meant the Beautiful One Has Come.

  Highlighted by 17 Kindle customers

• After this ceremony, she would be Queen of Lower Egypt, and our family would ascend to immortality with her. Our names would be written in cartouches and public buildings from Luxor to Kush. We would be remembered in stone and assured a place with the gods for eternity.

  Highlighted by 17 Kindle customers

• “I wonder if our names determine our destiny, or if destiny leads us to choose certain names.”

  Highlighted by 17 Kindle customers

• “General Horemheb will be coming with us to Memphis,” Amunhotep announced. “He wishes to push the Hittites back and to reclaim territory that Egypt has lost since my father retired from the army. I have promised him a campaign in the north as soon as we reach Lower Egypt.

  Highlighted by 16 Kindle customers

• coregency,” he replied. When the ceremony was

  Highlighted by 15 Kindle customers

• To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. —EGYPTIAN PROVERB

  Highlighted by 14 Kindle customers

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Valley of the Kings: An area in western Thebes that holds the royal burial sites of the 18th and 19th dynasties
• Thebes: Capital city of Egypt
• Amarna: New city built by Akenaten to honor his god Aten
• Lower Egypt
• Memphis
• Great Hall
• Arena
• Malkata Palace
• Assyria
• Nubia
• Karnak
• Royal Road
• Temple Of Amun
• Pharmuthi
• Lakisa

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Pylon: An Egyptian entrance gate
• Ankh: The Egyptian symbol of life; a cross with a loop at the topcanopic jars— jars used to hold the internal organs of a body
• Papyrus: A type of reed plentiful on the Nile Delta
• Unguent: A liquid or cream that is put on sores or wounds
• Vizier: A political adviser.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Heretic Queen.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Michelle Moran (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( M )
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga

More Books Like This edit see section history