From last two three days, I was noticing this question, circulating over Quora. So I decided to shed some light there.
This confusion is only due to resemblance of names.
Nefertiti and
Nefertari were different individuals that lived approximately 50 years apart.
Nefertiti
The Chief Royal Wife of
Akhenaten's full name was
Nefer-neferuaten Nefertiti, which means
Beauty, or beautiful of Aten, The beautiful one, lived in the 18th Dynasty sometime between 1394 b.c. and 1340 b.c. Nefertiti is also known for a
famous bust of her head, as show below.
Nefertari
The Chief Royal Wife of
Ramses II's full name was
Nefertari-Meri-Mut which means,
The most beautiful of all the land, Beloved of Mut, and lived sometime between 1292 b.c. and 1225 b.c.. Again these dates will vary.
Nefertari had a temple built for her at
Abu Simbel. All four great statues at the entrance of this temple are of Ramses II, while Next to the legs of the colossi, there are other statues no higher than the knees of the pharaoh. These depict queen Nefertari.
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