Nefertari also appears in a scene next to a year 1 stela.

Baxter is also remembered for her role as the Egyptian Queen Nefertari opposite Charlton Heston's portrayal of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's award winning The Ten Commandments ( 1956 ).

Nefertari is known to have sent gifts to Puduhepa:

Wall painting of Queen Nefertari making an offering to the god Isis in the tomb of Nefertari was made.

Although Nefertari ’ s origins are unknown, the discovery from her tomb of a knob inscribed with the cartouche of Pharaoh Ay has led people to speculate she was related to him.

Inscriptions mention he was a son of Nefertari.

The greatest honor was bestowed on Nefertari however in Abu Simbel.

The small temple at Abu Simbel was dedicated to Nefertari and Hathor of Ibshek.

Adjacent to the north of the hypostyle hall was a smaller temple ; this was dedicated to Ramesses's mother, Tuya, and his beloved chief wife, Nefertari.

c. mid-16th century BC ), a son of Pharaoh Ahmose I and queen Ahmose Nefertari ; he was the crown prince but pre-deceased his father

") Nefertari ’ s origins are unknown except that is thought that she was a member of the nobility, although while she was queen her brother Amenmose held the position of Mayor of Thebes.

For Ramesses, the marriage was valuable more for the large dowry he acquired rather than his new bride, who, given his great love for his Egyptian wife Nefertari, was despatched to his harem palace at Mer-wer ( today's Gurob ).

Nefertari appears twice as one of the royal women represented beside the colossal statues of Ramesses II that stand before the temple.

Inside the temple Nefertari is depicted on one of the pillars in the great pillared hall worshipping Hathor of Ibshek.

The tomb of Nefertari, QV66 is one of the largest in the Valley of the Queens.

Here, among the debris of broken pottery and shattered stone vessels from the burial chamber and lower passages were the remnants of two vases made for Queen Ahmose Nefertari which formed part of the original funerary equipment of Thutmose I ; one of the vases contained a secondary inscription which states that Thutmose II " it as his monument to his father.

Just to the north of the main temple is a smaller one, dedicated to Nefertari for the worship of the goddess Hathor and adorned with 35-foot ( 10. 5-metre ) statues of the king and queen.

Nefertari held many different titles, including: Great of Praises ( wrt-hzwt ), Sweet of Love ( bnrt-mrwt ), Lady of Grace ( nbt-im3t ), Great King ’ s Wife ( hmt-niswt-wrt ), Great King ’ s Wife, his beloved ( hmt-niswt-wrt meryt. f ), Lady of The Two Lands ( nbt-t3wy ), Lady of all Lands ( hnwt-t3w-nbw ), Wife of the Strong Bull ( hmt-k3-nxt ), God ’ s Wife ( hmt-ntr ), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt ( hnwt-Shm ’ w-mhw ).

: ‘’ A temple of great and Mighty monuments, for the Great Royal Wife Nefertari Meryetmut, for whose sake the ( very ) sun does shine, given life and beloved ;’’ ( Kitchen )

: ‘’ King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre ;-he has made a Temple by excavation in the mountain, of eternal work ( manship ) in Nubia, which the King of South and North Egypt, Usermaatre Setepenre has made for the Great Royal Wife Nefertari Meryetmut, in Nubia, like Re forever and ever .’’ ( Kitchen )

In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret ( Iset ) as a mistress ( second Great Wife ), meets his true love Nefertari ( first Great Wife ) and after their deaths, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age.

QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife of Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens.

The smaller temple is dedicated to the goddess Hathor, personified by Nefertari, Ramesses's most beloved of his many wives.

The time between the reign of Ay and Ramesses II means that Nefertari could not be a daughter of Ay and if any relation exists at all, she would be a great-granddaughter.

Nefertari married Ramesses II before he ascended the throne.

Nefertari first appears as the wife of Ramesses II in official scenes during the first year of Ramesses II.

Nefertari appears as Ramesses II ’ s consort on many statues in both Luxor and Karnak.

Nefertari beside a colossus of Ramesses II

To the right of the doorway Nefertari, Baketmut and the king's son Ramesses are shown with the Pharaoh.

On the wall of the inner pillared hall Nefertari appears behind Ramesses II.

Elsewhere Nefertari and Ramesses II are shown before a barque dedicated to a deified Ramesses II.

The two colossal standing statues of Nefertari in front of the small temple are equal in size to those of Ramesses II.

The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh, and to intimidate his Nubian neighbors.

* QV66Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II ( 19th dynasty )

* QV68Queen Meritamun, daughter of Ramesses II and Nefertari ( 19th dynasty )

* Nefertari-Merymut-wife of Ramesses II, Nefertari may have been the de facto God's Wife ; this theory is based on epithets in her tomb, on scarabs, on a fragment of a statue from Dendara ( PM V, 115 ), her insignia, and the designation of the royal couple as incarnations on earth of the divine couple Amun (- Rê ) and Mut (- Hathor ); Kichen mentions she is attested twice as God's wife in her tomb QV66

It is possible that Nefertari is either the daughter or granddaughter of Mutnodjemet, sister of Queen Nefertiti.

There is no conclusive evidence linking Nefertari to the royal family of the 18th dynasty however.

Nefertari had at least four sons and two daughters.

Prince Meryre is a fourth son mentioned on the façade of the small temple at Abu Simbel and is thought to be another son of Nefertari.

Meritamen and Henuttawy are two royal daughters depicted on the façade of the small temple at Abu Simbel and are thought to be daughters of Nefertari.

Princesses named Bak ( et ) mut, Nefertari, and Nebettawy are sometimes suggested as further daughters of Nefertari based on their presence in Abu Simbel, but there is no concrete evidence for this supposed family relation.

In the tomb of Nebwenenef, Nefertari is depicted behind her husband as he elevates Nebwenenef to the position of High Priests of Amun during a visit to Abydos.

Nefertari is an important presence in the scenes from Luxor and Karnak.

In a scene from Luxor, Nefertari appears leading the royal children.

Another scene shows Nefertari at the Festival of the Mast of Amun-Min-Kamephis.

In Western Thebes, Nefertari is mentioned on a statuary group from Deir el-BAhari, a stela and blocks from Deir el-Medina.