Meritaten biography of michael
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42) Meritaten
"She Who is Beloved of Aten"
Born: Possibly Before c BC, Possibly Thebes, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Luxor, Egypt)
Died: Possibly Around BC, Ancient Egypt
Notes:
Before I explain who Meritaten was, I feel like I need to explain what was happening in her native land at the time of her life.
Meritaten was--in today's terms--a princess of Egypt (princess is not a term used in Egyptology, but I figured that was the easiest way to explain things).
Meritaten biography of michael
Her parents were the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his principal wife Nefertiti (yes, that Nefertiti--her beautiful bust is an iconic image of Ancient Egypt Nefertiti). Her father's reign was something completely unique in Egyptian Antiquity--radical, strange, and flabbergasting to some of the people living under him at the time.
So, what did Akhenaten do?
Well, as I'm sure you're at least vaguely aware, Egypt had many many gods. Akhenaten decided he wanted to change the state religion, from polytheistic to monotheistic