mrbill 25/10/2024
Queen Tiye: One of the Most Influential Women of Ancient Egypt Tiye was queen, wife of Amenhotep III, Origins Unlike all her predecessors, Tiye was not of royal lineage
Queen Tiye Amulet 83d40m (Public Domain) Tiye (also known as Tiy, 1398-1338 BCE) was a queen of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun. She exerted an enormous influence at the courts of both her husband and son and is known to have communicated directly with rulers of foreign nations. The Amarna letters also show that she was highly regarded by these rulers, especially during the reign of her son. Although she believed in the traditional polytheistic religion of Egypt, she supported Akhenaten’s monotheistic reforms, most…
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