In 1912 archaeologist, Ludwig Borchardt, excavated at Amarna and discovered Nefertiti. He wrote just one thing in his diary: ”Description is useless – - see for yourself.” [. . .] In the 12th year of Akhenaten’s reign and at the height of Nefertiti’s powers, she vanished from history. Egyptologists have failed to discover exactly what happened to her. [Fascinating source: http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/ definitely worth seeing the program, “Egypt’s Golden Empire.”]

Very extensive written records were kept, however, the Egyptian rulers were fanatical history revisionists, and so frequently documents were “shredded” when there was a change of regime, or change in religious ideology.

Akhenaten (1352 – 1336 BC), by the way, was history’s first recorded proponent of monotheism. “The visible sun” god Aten was worshipped. So no wonder why sunsets in Egypt are always so beautiful . . .