[afraidfortherepublic]

Why was she buried with Amenhotep II when her husband was Akhenaten? Was Amenhotep her father? If she was Tutankhamun's step-mother, who was his biological mother?

[mass55th]

I thought she was Tut's mother-in-law, but maybe that was Neferteri. I can never keep these people straight.

[mass55th]

Here's a blip from a website:

"Little is known about the origins of Nefertiti but it seems unlikely that she was of royal blood. Her father was possibly a high official of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten called Ay, who went on to become Pharaoh after Tutankhamun. "

[txhurl]

Don't read from the book! You mustn't read from the book!

:)

[mass55th]

According to a website, King Tut is believed to be from a union between his father Akhenaten and a lesser wife named Kia. Nefertiti and Akhenaten had six daughters only, no sons. Also: "Tutankhaten became a Boy King at the age of about nine. He married a slightly older Ankhesenpaaten (below right), one of the daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti."

So, she was his step-mother and also his mother-in-law. And, he actually married a half-sister.

[stanz]

Why was she buried with Amenhotep II when her husband was Akhenaten? Was Amenhotep her father?

Most likely, if this is Nefertiti, her mummy was moved in antiquity to be protected from tomb robbers or from those who would wish to defile the remains of anyone connected with the Amarna revolution. In Egyptian religion, to live the next life, your mummy had to be intact. Destruction of the corpse would insure that a person would not resurrect in the netherworld.

If she was Tutankhamun's step-mother, who was his biological mother?

Is it generally accepted that Nefertiti was not of royal blood - - at least not of Egyptian royalty. Her parentage is usually attributed to Ay, a general under Akhenaten who is believed by many scholars to be the murderer of Tutankhamun or she is believed by some scholars to be a foreign princess.