About the book: 1961 / The historical fate of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is unusual. The wife of the reformer pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who later called himself Akhenaten, she was not only a contemporary, but also, apparently, an active participant in the most important events in the political and cultural life of Egypt at the turn of the 15th and 14th centuries. BC e. However, for thirty-three centuries her name was forgotten. And even after about a century and a half ago, as a result of the brilliant discovery of the French scientist F. Champollion, ancient Egyptian writings became clear to us, it was mentioned quite rarely and usually in works intended for a relatively narrow circle of specialists.