the fake beard wasnt about appearing to be male it was a regal thing just like the sceptre, the bulls tail and the crowns. Hatshepsut got along just fine being a female (ok so her name was removed from statues and things later) but the general ppl liked her.
Joanne Fletcher claimed to have found the body of Nefertiti in the tomb you describe but Zahi Hawass allowed DNA testing to be done on the body and it proved that the body was actually a male so they have yet to actually find Nefertiti...do a search on google coz us egyptologists like gunning her down:)
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the fake beard wasnt about appearing to be male it was a regal thing just like the sceptre, the bulls tail and the crowns. Hatshepsut got along just fine being a female (ok so her name was removed from statues and things later) but the general ppl liked her.
Joanne Fletcher claimed to have found the body of Nefertiti in the tomb you describe but Zahi Hawass allowed DNA testing to be done on the body and it proved that the body was actually a male so they have yet to actually find Nefertiti...do a search on google coz us egyptologists like gunning her down :)