What was Akhenaten’s family like?

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Akhenaten married the noblewoman Nefertiti about the time he became pharaoh, in 1353 BCE. Nefertiti was a powerful queen who helped Akhenaten transform the Egyptian religious landscape. Together they had at least six daughters. Although it is unclear whether Akhenaten’s son, Tutankhaten, was also Nefertiti’s, the young prince became the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun.