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Meketaten was the second daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. She is frequently depicted with her sisters accompanying her royal parents in the first two thirds of Akhenaten's seventeen year reign. Bust of Pharaoh Akhenaten. ... Bust of Nefertiti from Berlins Egyptian Museum. ...

She is however most famous for her death, thought to be in childbirth, which is depicted on the walls of chambers in her father's tomb. This took place in or after Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign. Fragments of her sarcophagus have been identified from the royal tomb.

Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

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Meketaten - "Protected by the Aten" (594 words)
	Alas, while Meketaten was fertile enough to conceive, she may not have been physically mature enough to withstand the stress of giving birth.
	Nor is it insignificant that Meketaten's death marks the last appearance of Nefertiti before her sister's rise in prominence.
	One object relating to Meketaten's life is an ivory painting palette which, like that of her sister Meritaten, came to rest in the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62).

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