[Henchman]

Great - never thought Nefi could be Asian, but quite possible once you hear the story and look at the bust - er face.

[SunkenCiv]

Nefertiti wasn't from Mitanni, unless her mother was an Egyptian princess in an unbroken female line -- the pharaohs married female relatives (symbolically or in reality) such as cousins, half-sisters, sisters, nieces, aunts, etc in order to rule in Egypt and pass on the throne to their own male offspring.

Akhenaten (her husband) OTOH did have roots from that region...

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[blam]

"Great - never thought Nefi could be Asian, but quite possible once you hear the story and look at the bust - er face."

Dr Stephen Oppenheimer, in his book, Eden In The East, makes a compelling case that the Sumerians and Egyptians were refugees from Sundaland (the submerged area around Indonesia/Malaysia). Dr Robert Schoch, in his book, Voyages Of The Pyramid Builders, makes a similar case and believes these refugees spread the custom of pyramid building all over the world.