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How many daughters did Akhenaten and Nefertiti have?

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Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum. — Akhenaten Akhenaten, sculpture in the Alexandria National Museum, Egypt.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti had six daughters together. Nefertiti gave birth to these six children within the first 10 years of their marriage, with the elder three born at Thebes and the younger three born at Akhetaton (Amarna). Two of these daughters eventually became queens of Egypt.123