Nefertari’s legacy reached its peak at Abu Simbel, where Ramses II built a temple in her honor—an unprecedented gesture that placed her on equal footing with the pharaoh himself. Depicted as goddess ...

At just fourteen years old, Ramses met the woman who would become the great love of his life—Nefertari. Though not of royal birth, she rose to become Egypt’s Great Royal Wife, admired for her ...