| Khenemetneferhedjet II | |||||||||||
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| Great Royal Wife | |||||||||||
| Tenure | 19th century BC – 1879 BC (reign of Sesostris III)? | ||||||||||
| Born | Khenemetneferhedjet 19th century BC | ||||||||||
| Died | 19th century BC | ||||||||||
| Senusret III | |||||||||||
| Ancient Egyptian |
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| Dynasty | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt | ||||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||||||||
Khenemetneferhedjet II (Weret) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th Dynasty, a wife of Senusret III.
She was one of four known wives of Senusret III, the other three were Meretseger, Neferhenut and (possibly) Sithathoriunet. Her name was also a queen's title used in the era: khenemetneferhedjet means “united with the white crown”. She is mentioned on two of her husband's statues (now located in the British Museum and in the Egyptian Museum, respectively; the latter was found in Herakleopolis). She was buried in Pyramid IX in the Dahshur pyramid complex, where her jewellery was found in 1994.
Her titles were: King's Wife and Great of Sceptre.
According to researchers, the tomb had been thoroughly plundered by the time it was first excavated, the Queen's mummy completely ransacked for jewelry and badly damaged. Analysis of the body revealed Weret was left-handed and the sharp nasal sills indicated a Caucasoid person. Overall, the remains revealed she lived a life of leisure, virtually free of all physical labor, and lived well into her seventies and was buried in a style befitting her royal status.
Sources
- ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.96
- Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., pp.92, 96
- ^ Brier, Bob; Zimmerman, Michael (2000-09-18). "THE REMAINS OF QUEEN WERET". Chungará (Arica). 32 (1): 23–26. doi:10.4067/S0717-73562000000100005. ISSN 0717-7356.
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