The mummy of Tiye

The mummy of Tiye

, or Tia or Ti, is an ancient Egyptian non-ruling queen or king's wife who lived during the Eighteenth Dynasty. She was the daughter of Yuya, her husband's advisor, the king. Before her marriage to Pharaoh, Tjuyu was the singer of the goddess Hathor and the head of ceremonies for both the gods Min and Amun. She became the great royal wife of King Amenhotep III, and gave birth to Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), and thus she is the grandmother of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Her mummy was identified among the mummies found in the tomb of King Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings. It was revealed that she was the mummy, nicknamed “The Great Lady,”

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