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Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya.
There are a few cracks in the wood. The main damage to the statuette is a sizable crack on Tiye's behind. The wood around Tiye's right hand is rotting, and much of her finger details have disintegrated. There is also a chunk of wood missing from the platform, destroying part of the inscription. The statuette was originally painted Egyptian blue ...
The colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye is a monolith group statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III of the eighteenth dynasty, his Great Royal Wife Tiye, and their daughter Princess Henuttaneb, mostly intact, along with two other daughters, partially destroyed and not visible in this image.
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The south wall includes two scenes depicting Tiye sitting at meal with Akhenaten and Nefertiti; Akhenaten and Nefertiti are seated on the left. Akhenaten seems to wear a khat headdress and Nefertiti a short Nubian style wig. Next to Nefertiti seated on small chairs are Meritaten and one of her sisters - possibly Neferneferuaten Tasherit. Queen ...
However, this hypothesis can not be substantiated, since nothing is known of Mutemwiya's background. While Yuya lived in Upper Egypt, an area that was predominantly native Egyptian, he could have been an assimilated descendant of Asiatic immigrants or slaves who rose to become a member of the local nobility at Akhmin. On the other hand, if he ...
Yuya and Thuya were ancient Egyptian nobles who lived during the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty. The couple were from Akhmim, and held titles associated with the cult of the local god Min. Although non-royals, their daughter Tiye became the chief wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. [2] They were buried in a private-style tomb in the Valley of the Kings. [3]