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 Nefertiti & Cleopatra -
two of Egypt's most famous and beautiful queens are depicted in pendants,
earrings and rings in
18k Gold
and
900
Silver. Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen and wife
of King Akhenaten who remains a mystery to scholars today. A bust
(sculpture of a person's head and shoulders) of her discovered in
1913 is one of the most widely recognized symbols of ancient
Egypt.When Nefertiti was fifteen years old, she married Amenhotep
IV, who was a year older and became king upon his father's death.
They had six daughters and, according to some, one son. During the
first five years of Amenhotep's reign, Nefertiti enjoyed a high
profile. After the fourteenth year of Akhenaten's rule, there are no
more pictures of Nefertiti; she simply disappears from view.
Cleopatra was actually Cleopatra VII, and was
the last pharaoh of Egypt, because Rome took over following her
death. Cleopatra married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII and after
his death, she married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV. Later she
married the Roman Mark Antony - a great love affair which ended when
Mark Antony committed suicide, so did Cleopatra. The story is that
she took an asp to her breast and let the poisonous snake bite her. |
