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Queen Tiye

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الملكة تي
18th Dynasty · New Kingdom · c. 1398–1338 BCE
Queen Tiye
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Details
In Egypt
Found at
Grand Egyptian Museum
Type
pharaoh
Achievements
  • ·Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III for thirty-eight years and one of the most powerful queens in Egyptian history
  • ·Mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun
  • ·Conducted diplomatic correspondence with foreign kings in her own name (Amarna Letters)
Notable monuments
Temple at Sedeinga in Nubia (dedicated to her, deified)Tomb KV35 (royal cache; her mummy identified there)Statue colossi in Amenhotep III's mortuary temple at Kom el-Hettan
Sourcing
Phase 0 hand-curated — pending Egyptologist review
Citations
  • · Kozloff, A. (2012). Amenhotep III: Egypt's Radiant Pharaoh.
  • · Tyldesley, J. (2006). Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt.
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