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Mummies 317a and 317b were the infant daughters of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.Their mother, who has been tentatively identified through DNA testing as the mummy KV21A, is presumed to be Ankhesenamun, his only known wife. 317a was born prematurely at 5–6 months' gestation, and 317b was born at or near full term.
The couple appear to have had two stillborn daughters. [6] As Tutankhamun's only known wife was Ankhesenamun, it is highly likely the fetuses found in his tomb are her daughters. Some time in the 9th year of his reign, about the age of 18, Tutankhamun died suddenly, leaving Ankhesenamun alone and without an heir at about the age of 21. [8]
Tutankhamun and his queen, Ankhesenamun Tutankhamun was born in the reign of Akhenaten, during the Amarna Period of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.His original name was Tutankhaten or Tutankhuaten, meaning "living image of Aten", [c] reflecting the shift in ancient Egyptian religion known as Atenism which characterized Akhenaten's reign.
The room's most unexpected contents were the mummies of two fetuses, which are presumed to be Tutankhamun's stillborn children. [182] In early 1927 Carter published the second volume of The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, written with substantial anonymous help from a friend, the novelist Percy White.
By Alexandra Weaver in the 2005 BBC TV docudrama series Egypt, episodes one The Search for Tutankhamun, and two The Curse of Tutankhamun. [53] By Amy Wren in the 2016 British ITV series Tutankhamun. [54] In the movie Stargate and the TV series Stargate: SG-1, the character Catherine Langford (played by numerous actresses) is based on Evelyn ...
The Egyptian Queen Dakhamunzu, who could have been Meritaten or Nefertiti, but is most often identified as Ankhesenamun, asked Suppiluliuma I to send over a son during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt because she had recently been widowed by the death of Nibhururia [1] (possibly Akhenaten, but more likely Tutankhamun), and had borne no heir.
It was Jan. 3, 1924, over a year after Tutankhamun's tomb was found, ... Also in the tomb were the mummified remains of Tutankhamun's stillborn babies in two small coffins.
The Younger Lady is the informal name given to an ancient Egyptian mummy discovered within tomb KV35 in the Valley of the Kings by archaeologist Victor Loret in 1898. [1] The mummy also has been given the designation KV35YL ("YL" for "Younger Lady") and 61072, and currently resides in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.