Nubian queen tiye biography
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Queen Tiye
Early Life
Queen Tiye (also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy, and Tiyi) lived between 1398 and 1338 B.C., according to legend. Her story, like many others from her time, is shrouded in mystery. She was the daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu, and although she was not of royal blood, her family was well-known in Egypt, and she married Amenhotep III, a renowned Egyptian pharaoh. She was Akhenaten's mother, Tutankhamun's grandmother, and Pharaoh Ay's sister.
The powerful queen was said to be of Nubian ancestry, but some scholars believe there isn't enough evidence to back up this claim. Scholars agree, however, that she was not an Egyptian native, and that she could have descended from one of the various Nubian ethnic groups, as Africans from further south made significant contributions to Egyptian society.
The Wise Advisor, Confidant and Ruler
Queen Tiye ruled in the 18th dynasty, which was Egypt’s most popular era. During her husband's reign, she was referred to as the "Great Royal
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Say to Napkhureya, the King of Egypt, my brother, my son-in-law, whom I love and who loves me: Message of Tushratta, Great King, the King of Mitanni, your brother, your father-in-law, who loves you. For me all goes well. For you may all go well. For Tiye may all go well. For Tadukheba, my daughter, may all go well. For the rest of your wives may all go well. For your sons, for your magnates, for your chariots, for your horses, for your troops, for your country, and for whatever else belongs to you, may all go very, very well.
From the beginning of my kingship on, as long as Nimmureya [i.e. Amenhotep III – Nebmaatra], your father, went on writing to me, he wrote over and over about peace. …Tiye, the principal and favourite wife of Nimmureya, your father, knows all the words of Nimmureya… that he would write to me… it is Tiye, your mother, whom you must ask about all of them…
From the Amarna letters (AE 29)
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Tiye
For other uses, see Tiye (disambiguation).
Queen consort of Egypt
Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the EgyptianpharaohAmenhotep 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" funnen in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.
Family and early life
[edit]Tiye's father, Yuya, was a non-royal, wealthy landowner from the Upper Egyptian town of Akhmim, where he served as a priest and superintendent of oxen or commander of the chariotry.[2] Tiye's mother, Thuya, was involved in many religious cults, as her different titles attested (Singer of Hathor, Chief of the Entertainers of both Amun and Min...), which suggests that she was a member of the royal family.
Egyptologists have suggested that Tiye's father, Yuya, was of foreign ursprung due to the fea