Post by Nubian Zuri* on Apr 28, 2009 17:47:49 GMT -5
Take a look for yourself Queen Nefertari was a black women.
Click link at the end to see pic and statue.
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Queen Ahmos-Nefertari
She is a black woman, and mentioned on an inscription depicting the honors being given to Queen Tetisheri, her grandmother. Tetisheri was the mother of Aahhotep I Queen of Egypt, 17th Dynasty, which was Nefertari's mother.
Nefertari's mother Aahhoptep I was wife of Seqenenre Tao III King of Egypt, 17th Dynasty and an inscription on the doorway Buhen suggests that she was joint regent with her sons Kamose and Ahmose I, who is generally given credit for founding the 18th Dynasty. It was during the turbulent times when that nation's kings were engaged in a protracted war of liberation to rid their country of the Hyksos invaders. The kings also had the advantage by having the Medjay as allies. These Nubian forces were ferocious hand to hand combatants that fought in the front lines.
Aahhoptep I played a crucial role in safeguarding the kingdom in the south, and a stele in Karnak temple honors her with the words: "she is one who has accomplished the rites and cared for Egypt; she has looked after Egypt's troops and she has guarded them; she has brought back the fugitives and collected the deserters; she has pacified Upper Egypt and expelled her rebels."
"Ahmose Nefertari name is listed in the Sinai and on the island of Sai in inscriptions. She was celebrated, and the first queen who hold the important office of "God's Wife of Amun"; through her descended all the rights of the royal line, and she was adored for many centuries as the great ancestress and foundress. We have noticed her worship with that of her husband and son. She is styled on contemporary monuments as the "royal daughter, royal sister, great royal wife, royal mother, great ruler, mistress of both land."
Petrie, 1896
Ahmose Nefertari outlived both her husband and her son Amenhotep I. During the next king, her son-in law Tuthmosis I, she still enjoyed a high esteem, and the king set up a statue of her in the temple at Karnak. The date of her death is unknown, but a fragment of an inscription tells us: 'when the god´s wife Ahmose Nefertari, justified with the great god, lord of the west, flew to heaven'.
King Ahmose I (Aahmes I) brother/husband to Ahmose-Nefertari
Queen Ahmos Nefertari is at the top right hand corner, next to her son Amenhotep I .
Family Tree According to Egyptologist Petrie:
W. M. Flinders Petrie, A History of Egypt
wysinger.homestead.com/ahmosenefertari.html
Click link at the end to see pic and statue.
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Queen Ahmos-Nefertari
She is a black woman, and mentioned on an inscription depicting the honors being given to Queen Tetisheri, her grandmother. Tetisheri was the mother of Aahhotep I Queen of Egypt, 17th Dynasty, which was Nefertari's mother.
Nefertari's mother Aahhoptep I was wife of Seqenenre Tao III King of Egypt, 17th Dynasty and an inscription on the doorway Buhen suggests that she was joint regent with her sons Kamose and Ahmose I, who is generally given credit for founding the 18th Dynasty. It was during the turbulent times when that nation's kings were engaged in a protracted war of liberation to rid their country of the Hyksos invaders. The kings also had the advantage by having the Medjay as allies. These Nubian forces were ferocious hand to hand combatants that fought in the front lines.
Aahhoptep I played a crucial role in safeguarding the kingdom in the south, and a stele in Karnak temple honors her with the words: "she is one who has accomplished the rites and cared for Egypt; she has looked after Egypt's troops and she has guarded them; she has brought back the fugitives and collected the deserters; she has pacified Upper Egypt and expelled her rebels."
"Ahmose Nefertari name is listed in the Sinai and on the island of Sai in inscriptions. She was celebrated, and the first queen who hold the important office of "God's Wife of Amun"; through her descended all the rights of the royal line, and she was adored for many centuries as the great ancestress and foundress. We have noticed her worship with that of her husband and son. She is styled on contemporary monuments as the "royal daughter, royal sister, great royal wife, royal mother, great ruler, mistress of both land."
Petrie, 1896
Ahmose Nefertari outlived both her husband and her son Amenhotep I. During the next king, her son-in law Tuthmosis I, she still enjoyed a high esteem, and the king set up a statue of her in the temple at Karnak. The date of her death is unknown, but a fragment of an inscription tells us: 'when the god´s wife Ahmose Nefertari, justified with the great god, lord of the west, flew to heaven'.
King Ahmose I (Aahmes I) brother/husband to Ahmose-Nefertari
Queen Ahmos Nefertari is at the top right hand corner, next to her son Amenhotep I .
Family Tree According to Egyptologist Petrie:
W. M. Flinders Petrie, A History of Egypt
wysinger.homestead.com/ahmosenefertari.html