Tiye
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Gender | Female |
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Born | Akhmim |
Egypt | |
Died | Thebes |
Egypt | |
1338 BC | |
Thebes | |
Egypt | |
Spouse | Amenhotep III |
Children | Akhenaten |
Sitamun | |
The Younger Lady | |
Thutmose | |
Beketaten | |
Henuttaneb | |
Iset | |
Nebetah | |
Kiya | |
Place of burial | Valley of the Kings, Egypt |
KV35, Egypt | |
Parents | Yuya |
Tjuyu | |
Thuya | |
Grandchildren | Tutankhamun |
Smenkhkare | |
Ankhesenamun | |
Meritaten | |
Siblings | Ay |
Anen | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 506799 |
Tiye Life story
Tiye 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. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in 1898.