In the fifth year of his reign, he displaced Egypt's chief god Amon in favor of Aten, moved the capitol north to Amarna and changed his name to Akhenaten, with Nefertiti taking on the additional name “Neferneferuaten”—her full name meaning “Beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a Beautiful Woman has come. read more
Nefertiti was an early candidate for King Neferneferuaten, first proposed in 1973 by J. R. Harris. One theory from the 1970s held that Nefertiti was masquerading as the male King Smenkhkare, a view still held by a few—as late as 2001 by Reeves and until 2004 by Dodson. read more
Neferneferuaten Nefertiti (/ ˌ n ɛ f ər ˈ t iː t i /) (c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC) was an Egyptian queen and the Great Royal Wife (chief consort) of Akhenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they worshiped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc. read more
Nefertiti changed her name to Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti, meaning"beautiful are the beauties of Aten, a beautiful woman has come," as a show of her absolutism for the new religion. The royal family resided in a constructed city called Akhetaton—in what is now known as el-Amarna—meant to honor their god. read more