"For little more than ten years the beautiful Nefertiti was universally adored as the most powerful woman in the Bronze Age world. As the chief wife of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and queen of the dazzling Amarna court, she was an inspiration to her husband, a loving mother to her six daughters and a living goddess to her people." "Untimely death should have brought an end to Nefertiti's story. But today, over three thousand years later, Nefertiti remains Egypt's most famous queen - a beautiful enigma enveloped in her own mythology. No other queen of Egypt has attracted so many admirers and detractors or been the subject of so much speculation." "In this fully revised version of her best-selling Nefertiti, Egypt's Sun Queen, Joyce Tyldesley draws upon a wealth of scholarly and archaeological evidence to investigate the truth behind the legend of Nefertiti. Who exactly was the 'Beautiful One'? Did she ever rule Egypt as a king? When did she die? And, incorporating the latest archaeo-medical research, what happened to Nefertiti's body? Is the mummy known as the 'Younger Lady' really Egypt's long-lost queen?"--Jacket.