1. Who was this most remarkable beautiful Nile princess steeped in mystery & fascination, who later became queen Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti? Who was this my alter ego? Where is her tomb or secret burial chamber? It’s a thread.👇
2. Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti, whose name means "a beautiful woman has come, beautiful are the beauties of Aten,” as a show of her ‘absolutism’ for a new religion, was the queen of Egypt & wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, during the 14th century BC.
3. Around 1350 BC, Nefertiti aged 15, became the queen of Egypt & the Nile. Alongside her husband Akhenaten, they created a new religious order.
4. Queen Nefertiti & her husband had created a new state religion that rejected Egypt’s polytheism. They rather worshipped the sun god Aten, as the one true god of ancient Egypt. Her husband went to great lengths to display her as his equal.
5. Here you could see queen Nefertiti & Akhenaten offer prayers to the sun god Aten.
6. Of course this was taboo, it was forbidden, never before heard of. So later Pharaohs branded this monotheistic religion ‘heresy’ & they sought to destroy records of Akhenaten & Nefertiti’s reign.
7. When her husband Akhenaten transcended to the afterlife, historians & Egyptologists believe Nefertiti continued to rule Egypt as Pharoah, until her stepson & boy king Tutankhamun ascended to the throne.
8. Some scholars believe Nefertiti became known as Pharaoh Smenkhkare, & ruled Egypt after her husband’s death. But despite Nefertiti being one of the most famous of all queens in ancient Egypt, her tomb has never been found.
9. Scholars believe the tomb of Tutankhamun was meant to be the final resting place of queen Nefertiti. Egyptologists believe there could be a hidden tomb behind the North wall of boy king Tutankhamun’s tomb, & it could well belong to queen Nefertiti.
10. But why? Why would her tomb be repurposed for the boy king? Clues could be found in Tutankhamun’s mummified body.
11. A scan of king Tut’s mummy reveal that he died as a boy. He was sick most of his life & his sudden death wasn’t prepared for. So there was no tomb ready for him at the time of death.
12. So Tutankhamun had to use someone’s tomb. Maybe he used the tomb already prepared to receive Nefertiti in the afterlife. This is highly controversial & a disputed theory till present day.
13. But what if it’s true? It could be the greatest discovery in the “Valley of the Kings” since archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tut’s tomb, in 1922.
14. You could see the god Osiris image of Tutankhamun, modified to look like queen Nefertiti. This makes many believe the tomb was originally the final resting place of Neferneferuaten.
15. If this theory is right, then it will become the biggest discovery in Egyptology for 3 millennia. The story of boy king Tutankhamun is never complete without his stepmother, queen Nefertiti.
16. King Tut was so young & frail, but he likened his image to that of gods like “Sobek” to rule his people. He later became ancient Egypt’s all-powerful protector.
17. Tut sent his men deep into the desert for gold to fill his tomb with treasures for the afterlife. A tomb that may yet hide a secret chamber missed by explorers & ancient grave robbers.
18. Tut’s men returned with treasures, one of which is now seen by the whole world as the image of his famous Gold Mask.
19. Until the hidden chambers in King Tut’s tomb are further explored by archeologists, we may never witness the discovery of this most remarkable beauty in ancient Egypt’s history.
20. Only when her tomb is found, will we find out whether Nefertiti, “the beautiful woman has come” has finally made her return!!
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1. Nigeria is yet to greet its own Industrial Revolution. She is too poor a country to be swallowing everything from the Big West.
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2. Russia & Ukraine Crisis is an another opportunity for Nigeria & Africa to reevaluate their thinking on geopolitics & economy. Things are not black or white. The world is now bipolar. And whether you like it or not, things are changing.
3. Africa contributes just a tiny inconsequential amount to global emissions. Nigeria’s economy is too fragile & any tiny tinkering BOOM💥, everything goes burst!
1. Biden’s “State Of The Union Address” is going to have lots of talking points. Biden will try to stress the power of the Alliance & the sacrifices Americans will have to make as biting inflation & sanctions takes foothold.
2. Biden is a pacifist but I’m sure we know that already. His speech & body language will continue to stress “deescalation.”
Deescalation will come at what cost?
3. Afghanistan & Ukraine are enough defeats for Biden, but they equally show the World his humanity. Biden is not a Demagogue. Demagoguery is not his strength, humanity is!!
1. The Ruble is falling. Putin can’t just print monies & fill up ATMs. It must be backed by something. Biden starved the Central Bank of Russia of precious Dollars.
2. America will suffer from these sanctions, but not as much as Russia. So how much misery is Putin willing to inflict on Russians & the Russian Economy?
3. Biden don’t want higher Oil prices. Higher Oil prices benefits Russia. China remains Russia’s strategic Oil buyer, & 40% of Russia’s Gold Reserve is held by China. Russia is now left with the option of selling its Oil in Rubles.
1. Nigeria & Ukraine share a great deal similarities. Like Nigerians, Ukrainians are yet to resolve their national identity crisis between pro-Russia East & pro-European West. This conflict started since Ukraine’s 1991 independence from the Soviet Union.
2. Like Northern & Southern Nigeria, East & West Ukraine disagree fundamentally about what sort of country they want to have & what it means to be Ukrainian.
3. Like Nigeria, Ukraine is not a coherent national unit with a common narrative or commonly shared political aspirations. Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the East & South, particularly in Crimea, consider themselves as citizens of Russia over Ukraine.
1. ExxonMobil & Shell are exiting their land investments in Nigeria. They are selling off their Oil & Gas Assets in Nigeria. Beyond economic reasons, there are security concerns. There is something the IOCs know about Nigeria, something they have seen, that you & I do not know.
2. They are selling off their land assets in Nigeria & setting up shops in safer African countries.
ExxonMobil & Shell were Nigeria’s Partners & Critical National Asset Investors for decades. Their gradual exit from Nigeria means the U.S & UK have no business in your fight.
3. It’s 11+ years. Yet, the Boko Haram still flex their muscle. Add banditry; terrorism becomes diversified.
The army is overstretched, so to end insurgency, it’ll take more than what Nigeria can give at the moment. In case of any external aggression, Nigerians are on their own.