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Ahmose-Nefertari

Ahmose-Nefertari (Ancient Egyptian: Jꜥḥ ms Nfr trj) was the first Great Royal Wife of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and wife to Ahmose I. Her son Amenhotep I became pharaoh and she may have served as his regent when he was young. Ahmose-Nefertari was deified after her death.

Media related to Ahmose-Nefertari at Wikimedia Commons

Image of her coffin and short bio.

Ahmose Nefertari

by Max Miller.

Mummy of Ahmose-Nefertari

"Women in ancient Egypt"

"Women in Power BCE 4500-1000"

"Royal Women"

an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Ahmose-Nefertari (see index)

Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh