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The last notable Priestess of Hathor, was the wife of Senusret I, an important minister of that time. There were several more priestesses at the time, but the numbers were rapidly decreasing. There were several more priestesses at the time, but the numbers were rapidly decreasing.
In the Old Kingdom, most priests of Hathor, including the highest ranks, were women. Many of these women were members of the royal family. [130] In the course of the Middle Kingdom, women were increasingly excluded from the highest priestly positions, at the same time that queens were becoming more closely tied to Hathor's cult.
Neferhetepes was also a Priestess of Hathor, mistress of the sycamore (hemet-netjer-hut-hor nebet-nehet, ḥmt-nṯr-ḥwt-ḥr nb.t-nht). She is the earliest attested priestess of Hathor. She is the earliest attested priestess of Hathor.
Kemsit was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, the wife of pharaoh Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty.Her tomb and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, [1] behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kawit, Sadeh and Mayet.
Her titles were: King's Beloved Wife (ḥmt-nỉswt mrỉỉ.t=f ), [4] King's Sole Ornament (ẖkr.t-nỉswt wˁtỉ.t), Priestess of Hathor (ḥm.t-nṯr ḥwt-ḥrw), Priestess of Hathor, great of kas, foremost in her places (ḥm.t-nṯr ḥwt-ḥrw wr.t m [k3.w]=s ḫntỉ.t m swt=s), Priestess of Hathor, great of kas, foremost in her ...
Sematawy (II) succeeded his father as High Priest of Hathor. Hathor held the title of Chief of the Harem of Hathor, Lady of Dendera. A sister of Nebwenenef named Irytnofret is also depicted on the tomb. [1] According to an inscription in his tomb, Nebwenenef was the son of a High Priest of Hathor. [1]
Colorful paintings of daily life in ancient Egypt have been discovered in a tomb dating back more than 4,300 years.. The tomb, known as a mastaba, was found in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur ...
She was a "Priestess of the goddess Hathor". It has been suggested that she was Nubian. [23] [24] She was buried under the terrace of Mentuhotep II's mortuary temple where E. Naville uncovered her sarcophagus in 1907. Sadeh, Ashayet, Henhenet and Kemsit were all Mentuhotep II's secondary wives.