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{{Infobox royalty {{Infobox royalty
| succession = ] of ] | succession = ] of ]
| reign = c. 1390 BC – 1353 BC<br />(37-50 years) | reign = c. 1390 BC – 1353 BC<br />(37–50 years)
| reign-type = Tenure | reign-type = Tenure
| image = File:Ägyptisches Museum Berlin 027 detail 01.jpg | image = File:Ägyptisches Museum Berlin 027 detail 01.jpg
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| birth_date = c. 1398 BC | birth_date = c. 1398 BC
| birth_place = ], ] | birth_place = ], ]
| death_date = 1338 BC (aged 40-60 years) | death_date = 1338 BC (aged 40–60 years)
| place of burial = ], ], ] | place of burial = ], ], ]
| religion = ] | religion = ]
}} }}


'''Tiye''' (c. 1398 BC &ndash; 1338 BC, also spelled '''Tye''', '''Taia''', '''Tiy''' and '''Tiyi''') was the ] of the ] ] ], mother of pharaoh ] and grandmother of pharaoh ]; her parents were ] and ]. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Tim of the timmmy the great II (]) in 1898. '''Tiye''' (c. 1398 BC &ndash; 1338 BC, also spelled '''Tye''', '''Taia''', '''Tiy''' and '''Tiyi''') was the ] of the ] ] ], mother of pharaoh ] and grandmother of pharaoh ]; her parents were ] and ]. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "'''The Elder Lady'''" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (]) in 1898.


==Family and early life== ==Family and early life==
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# ] – Sometimes thought to have been renamed Baketaten during her brother's reign. # ] – Sometimes thought to have been renamed Baketaten during her brother's reign.
# ] – Crown Prince and High Priest of Ptah, pre-deceasing his father. # ] – Crown Prince and High Priest of Ptah, pre-deceasing his father.
# ] – Succeeded his father as pharaoh, husband of Queen ], father of ], who married ]. # ] – Succeeded his father as pharaoh, husband of Queen ], father of ], who married ].

⚫ # ] – traditionally seen as one of ]'s immediate successors, today some Egyptologists such as Aidan Dodson believe he was the immediate predecessor of ] and a junior co-regent of Akhenaten who did not have an independent reign.<ref>Aidan Dodson, "Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemhab and the Egyptian Counter-reformation" (Cairo: AUC Press, 2010), pp.27-29</ref> Sometimes identified with the mummy from ], and therefore Tutankhamun's father.

⚫ # ] from ] – A daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye, mother of Tutankhamun and sister-wife of KV55. Presumably one of the already-known daughters of Amenhotep III and Tiye.
⚫ NB * ] – has been speculated to be a son to Tiye but in fact primary sources that list her other children make this unlikely. traditionally seen as one of ]'s immediate successors, today some Egyptologists such as Aidan Dodson believe he was the immediate predecessor of ] and a junior co-regent of Akhenaten who did not have an independent reign.<ref>Aidan Dodson, "Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemhab and the Egyptian Counter-reformation" (Cairo: AUC Press, 2010), pp.27-29</ref> Sometimes identified with the mummy from ], and therefore Tutankhamun's father.
⚫ # ] – Sometimes thought to be Queen Tiye's daughter, usually based on reliefs of Baketaten seated next to Tiye at dinner with ] and ].{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=115}}
⚫ ] from ] – A daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye, mother of Tutankhamun and sister-wife of KV55. Presumably one of the already-known daughters of Amenhotep III and Tiye.
⚫ ] – Sometimes thought to be Queen Tiye's daughter, usually based on reliefs of Baketaten seated next to Tiye at dinner with ] and ].{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=115}} Probably Nebetah who likely changed her name when her brother Akhenaten changed the religion.


==Monuments== ==Monuments==
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Amenhotep III died in Year 38 or Year 39 of his reign (1353 BC/1350 BC) and was buried in the ] in ]; however, Tiye is known to have outlived him by as many as twelve years. Tiye continued to be mentioned in the ] and in inscriptions as queen and beloved of the king. Amarna letter EA 26, which is addressed to Tiye, dates to the reign of Akhenaten. She is known to have had a house at Akhetaten (Amarna), Akhenaten's new capital and is shown on the walls of the tomb of Huya – a "steward in the house of the king's mother, the great royal wife ]i" – depicted at a dinner table with Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their family and then being escorted by the king to her ''sunshade''.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=23}} In an inscription approximately dated to November 21 of Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), both she and her granddaughter ] are mentioned for the last time. They are thought to have died shortly after that date. This information is corroborated by the fact that the shrine which Akhenaten created for her—which was later found transported from Amarna to tomb ] in Thebes—bore the later form of the Aten's name which was only used after Akhenaten's Year 9.<ref>Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen, Penguin UK, 2005</ref> Amenhotep III died in Year 38 or Year 39 of his reign (1353 BC/1350 BC) and was buried in the ] in ]; however, Tiye is known to have outlived him by as many as twelve years. Tiye continued to be mentioned in the ] and in inscriptions as queen and beloved of the king. Amarna letter EA 26, which is addressed to Tiye, dates to the reign of Akhenaten. She is known to have had a house at Akhetaten (Amarna), Akhenaten's new capital and is shown on the walls of the tomb of Huya – a "steward in the house of the king's mother, the great royal wife ]i" – depicted at a dinner table with Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their family and then being escorted by the king to her ''sunshade''.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=23}} In an inscription approximately dated to November 21 of Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), both she and her granddaughter ] are mentioned for the last time. They are thought to have died shortly after that date. This information is corroborated by the fact that the shrine which Akhenaten created for her—which was later found transported from Amarna to tomb ] in Thebes—bore the later form of the Aten's name which was only used after Akhenaten's Year 9.<ref>Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen, Penguin UK, 2005</ref>


If Tiye died soon after Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), this would place her birth around 1398 BC, her marriage to Amenhotep III at the age of eleven or twelve, and her becoming a widow at the age of forty-eight to forty-nine. Suggestions of a co-regency between Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten lasting for up to twelve years continue, but most scholars today either accept a brief co-regency lasting no more than one year <ref>Reeves, Nicholas. ''Akhenaten: The False Prophet'', pp. 75-78</ref> or no co-regency at all.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=23}} If Tiye died soon after Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), this would place her birth around 1398 BC, her marriage to Amenhotep III at the age of eleven or twelve, and her becoming a widow at the age of forty-eight to forty-nine. Suggestions of a co-regency between Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten lasting for up to twelve years continue, but most scholars today either accept a brief co-regency lasting no more than one year<ref>Reeves, Nicholas. ''Akhenaten: The False Prophet'', pp. 75-78</ref> or no co-regency at all.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=23}}


== Burial and mummy == == Burial and mummy ==
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Tiye is believed to have been originally buried in the ] at ] alongside her son Akhenaten and granddaughter, ]. Evidence shows the two northern pillars of the incomplete pillared hall were removed to accommodate a sarcophagus plinth<ref name="Martin 1989 p.21">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=G. T. |title=The Royal Tomb at El-'Amarna. The Rock Tombs of El-'Amarna, Part 8. Volume 2 |date=1989 |publisher=Egypt Exploration Society |location=London |page=21}}</ref> and pieces of her smashed sarcophagus were found in and around the burial chamber.<ref name="Gabolde 1998 p.134-36">{{cite book |last1=Gabolde |first1=M. |title=D'Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon |date=1998 |publisher=Université Lumière-Lyon |location=Lyon |pages=134–36}}</ref> Analysis of the badly damaged decoration on the left wall beyond the plinth also indicates that Tiye was buried there. In a depiction that closely resembles the mourning of Meketaten in chamber γ, a figure stands beneath a floral canopy while the royal family grieves. The figure wears a queenly sash but cannot be Nefertiti as Nefertiti is shown with the mourners.<ref name="Dodson 2018 p.25">{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |title=Amarna sunset : Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian counter-reformation |date=2018 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-859-8 |page=25 |edition= Revised }}</ref> Tiye's sarcophagus was likely contained within multiple nested shrines, like those of her grandson ]. The inscription on a portion of such a shrine found in ] indicates that Akhenaten had the shrines made for his mother.<ref name="Davis 1910 p.xiii">{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=T. M. |title=The Tomb of Queen Tȋyi |date=1910 |publisher=Archibald Constable |location=Westminster}}</ref> Tiye is believed to have been originally buried in the ] at ] alongside her son Akhenaten and granddaughter, ]. Evidence shows the two northern pillars of the incomplete pillared hall were removed to accommodate a sarcophagus plinth<ref name="Martin 1989 p.21">{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=G. T. |title=The Royal Tomb at El-'Amarna. The Rock Tombs of El-'Amarna, Part 8. Volume 2 |date=1989 |publisher=Egypt Exploration Society |location=London |page=21}}</ref> and pieces of her smashed sarcophagus were found in and around the burial chamber.<ref name="Gabolde 1998 p.134-36">{{cite book |last1=Gabolde |first1=M. |title=D'Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon |date=1998 |publisher=Université Lumière-Lyon |location=Lyon |pages=134–36}}</ref> Analysis of the badly damaged decoration on the left wall beyond the plinth also indicates that Tiye was buried there. In a depiction that closely resembles the mourning of Meketaten in chamber γ, a figure stands beneath a floral canopy while the royal family grieves. The figure wears a queenly sash but cannot be Nefertiti as Nefertiti is shown with the mourners.<ref name="Dodson 2018 p.25">{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |title=Amarna sunset : Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian counter-reformation |date=2018 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-859-8 |page=25 |edition= Revised }}</ref> Tiye's sarcophagus was likely contained within multiple nested shrines, like those of her grandson ]. The inscription on a portion of such a shrine found in ] indicates that Akhenaten had the shrines made for his mother.<ref name="Davis 1910 p.xiii">{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=T. M. |title=The Tomb of Queen Tȋyi |date=1910 |publisher=Archibald Constable |location=Westminster}}</ref>
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Following the move of the capital back to Thebes, Tiye, along with others buried in the royal tomb, were transferred to the Valley of the Kings. The presence of pieces of one of her gilded burial shrines in KV55 indicate she was likely interred there for a time.<ref name="Dodson 2018 p.76">{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |title=Amarna sunset : Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian counter-reformation |date=2018 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-859-8 |page=76 |edition= Revised }}</ref> Provisions had been made during the reign of her husband Amenhotep III for her burial within his tomb, ]. ] figures belonging to her were found in this tomb.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}} Following the move of the capital back to Thebes, Tiye, along with others buried in the royal tomb, were transferred to the Valley of the Kings. The presence of pieces of one of her gilded burial shrines in KV55 indicate she was likely interred there for a time.<ref name="Dodson 2018 p.76">{{cite book |last1=Dodson |first1=Aidan |title=Amarna sunset : Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian counter-reformation |date=2018 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-859-8 |page=76 |edition= Revised }}</ref> Provisions had been made during the reign of her husband Amenhotep III for her burial within his tomb, ]. ] figures belonging to her were found in this tomb.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}}


]]] ]


In 1898, three sets of mummified remains were found in a side chamber of the tomb of ] in ] by ]. One was an older woman and the other two were a young boy who died at around the age of ten, thought to be ] or Prince Thutmose, and a younger, unknown woman. The three were found lying naked side-by-side and unidentified. The mummy of the older woman, who would later be identified as Tiye, was referred to by Egyptologists as the 'Elder Lady' while the other woman was ']'. Several researchers argued that the Elder Lady was Queen Tiye. There were other scholars who were skeptical of this theory, such as British scholars Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, who once stated that "it seems very unlikely that her mummy could be the so-called 'Elder Lady' in the tomb of Amenhotep II."{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}} In 1898, three sets of mummified remains were found in a side chamber of the tomb of ] in ] by ]. One was an older woman and the other two were a young boy who died at around the age of ten, thought to be ] or Prince Thutmose, and a younger, unknown woman. The three were found lying naked side-by-side and unidentified, having been unwrapped in antiquity by tomb robbers. The mummy of the older woman, who would later be identified as Tiye, was referred to by Egyptologists as the 'Elder Lady' while the other woman was ']'. Several researchers argued that the Elder Lady was Queen Tiye. There were other scholars who were skeptical of this theory, such as British scholars Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, who once stated that "it seems very unlikely that her mummy could be the so-called 'Elder Lady' in the tomb of Amenhotep II."{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}}


] ]
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A nest of four miniature coffins inscribed with her name and containing a lock of hair<ref>{{cite web |last1=320e |title=Griffith Institute: Carter Archives - 320e |url=http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/perl/gi-ca-qmakesumm.pl?sid=101.98.177.8-1561896904&qno=1&curr=320e |website=www.griffith.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2019-06-30 |archive-date=2020-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621231813/http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/perl/gi-ca-qmakesumm.pl?sid=101.98.177.8-1561896904&qno=1&curr=320e |url-status=live }}</ref> was found in the tomb of her grandson ] – perhaps a memento from a beloved grandmother.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}} In 1976, microprobe analysis conducted on hair samples from the Elder Lady and the lock from the inscribed coffins found the two were a near perfect match, thereby identifying the Elder Lady as Tiye.<ref name="Harris et al 1978 p.1151">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=James E. |last2=Wente |first2=Edward F. |last3=Cox |first3=Charles F. |last4=El Nawaway |first4=Ibrahim |last5=Kowalski |first5=Charles J. |last6=Storey |first6=Arthur T. |last7=Russell |first7=William R. |last8=Ponitz |first8=Paul V. |last9=Walker |first9=Geoffrey F. |title=Mummy of the "Elder Lady" in the Tomb of Amenhotep II: Egyptian Museum Catalog Number 61070 |journal=Science |date=1978 |volume=200 |issue=4346 |page=1151 |issn=0036-8075|jstor=1746491 |bibcode=1978Sci...200.1149H |doi=10.1126/science.349693 |pmid=349693 }}</ref> A nest of four miniature coffins inscribed with her name and containing a lock of hair<ref>{{cite web |last1=320e |title=Griffith Institute: Carter Archives - 320e |url=http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/perl/gi-ca-qmakesumm.pl?sid=101.98.177.8-1561896904&qno=1&curr=320e |website=www.griffith.ox.ac.uk |access-date=2019-06-30 |archive-date=2020-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621231813/http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/perl/gi-ca-qmakesumm.pl?sid=101.98.177.8-1561896904&qno=1&curr=320e |url-status=live }}</ref> was found in the tomb of her grandson ] – perhaps a memento from a beloved grandmother.{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=157}} In 1976, microprobe analysis conducted on hair samples from the Elder Lady and the lock from the inscribed coffins found the two were a near perfect match, thereby identifying the Elder Lady as Tiye.<ref name="Harris et al 1978 p.1151">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=James E. |last2=Wente |first2=Edward F. |last3=Cox |first3=Charles F. |last4=El Nawaway |first4=Ibrahim |last5=Kowalski |first5=Charles J. |last6=Storey |first6=Arthur T. |last7=Russell |first7=William R. |last8=Ponitz |first8=Paul V. |last9=Walker |first9=Geoffrey F. |title=Mummy of the "Elder Lady" in the Tomb of Amenhotep II: Egyptian Museum Catalog Number 61070 |journal=Science |date=1978 |volume=200 |issue=4346 |page=1151 |issn=0036-8075|jstor=1746491 |bibcode=1978Sci...200.1149H |doi=10.1126/science.349693 |pmid=349693 }}</ref>


] in ]]]
In 1980, James Harris and ] conducted X-ray examinations of New Kingdom Pharaoh's crania and skeletal remains. They examined the mummified remains of Queen Tiye and noted she possessed a craniofacial profile which was most similar to Mesolithic Nubians.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harris James and Wente Edward F |title=An X-ray atlas of the royal mummies |date=1980 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0226317455 |pages=1–208}}</ref>
⚫ By 2010, ] analysis, sponsored by the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities ], was able to formally identify the Elder Lady as Queen Tiye.<ref name="autogenerated640">Hawass, Zahi et al. "Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family" <cite>The Journal of the American Medical Association</cite> pp.640-641</ref> She was found to be about 40–50 years old at the time of her death, and {{convert|145|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall.<ref name="Hawass Saleem 2016 p.77">{{cite book |last1=Hawass |first1=Zahi |last2=Saleem |first2=Sahar N. |title=Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies |date=2016 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-673-0 |page=77}}</ref> DNA results published in 2020 revealed that Tiye had the ] (as did her mother, ]). Tiye's father ] was found to have the Y-DNA haplogroup ] and mtDNA haplogroup K.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353306320 |title=Guardian of Ancient Egypt: Essays in Honor of Zahi Hawass |date=2020 |chapter=Maternal and paternal lineages in King Tutankhamun’s family |publisher=Czech Institute of Egyptology |last1=Gad |first1=Yehia |isbn=978-80-7308-979-5 |pages=497–518}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/30/R1/R24/5924364 |journal=Human Molecular Genetics |volume=30 |issue=R1 |date=2020 |title=Insights from ancient DNA analysis of Egyptian human mummies: clues to disease and kinship |last1=Gad |first1=Yehia |doi=10.1093/hmg/ddaa223 |pages=R24–R28|pmid=33059357 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

⚫ By 2010, ] analysis, sponsored by the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities ], was able to formally identify the Elder Lady as Queen Tiye.<ref name="autogenerated640">Hawass, Zahi et al. "Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family" <cite>The Journal of the American Medical Association</cite> pp.640-641</ref> She was found to be about 40–50 years old at the time of her death, and {{convert|145|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall.<ref name="Hawass Saleem 2016 p.77">{{cite book |last1=Hawass |first1=Zahi |last2=Saleem |first2=Sahar N. |title=Scanning the Pharaohs : CT Imaging of the New Kingdom Royal Mummies |date=2016 |publisher=The American University in Cairo Press |location=Cairo |isbn=978-977-416-673-0 |page=77}}</ref> DNA results published in 2020 revealed that Tiye had the ] (as did her mother, ]). Tiye's father ] was found to have the Y-DNA haplogroup ] and mtDNA haplogroup K.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353306320 |title=Guardian of Ancient Egypt: Essays in Honor of Zahi Hawass |date=2020 |chapter=Maternal and paternal lineages in King Tutankhamun’s family |publisher=Czech Institute of Egyptology |last1=Gad |first1=Yehia |isbn=978-80-7308-979-5 |pages=497–518}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/30/R1/R24/5924364 |journal=Human Molecular Genetics |volume=30 |issue=R1 |date=2020 |title=Insights from ancient DNA analysis of Egyptian human mummies: clues to disease and kinship |last1=Gad |first1=Yehia |doi=10.1093/hmg/ddaa223 |pages=R24–R28|pmid=33059357 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

In 2022, S.O.Y. Keita analysed 8 ] (STR) published data from studies by Hawass et al. 2010;2012<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hawass |first1=Zahi |last2=Gad |first2=Yehia Z. |last3=Ismail |first3=Somaia |last4=Khairat |first4=Rabab |last5=Fathalla |first5=Dina |last6=Hasan |first6=Naglaa |last7=Ahmed |first7=Amal |last8=Elleithy |first8=Hisham |last9=Ball |first9=Markus |last10=Gaballah |first10=Fawzi |last11=Wasef |first11=Sally |last12=Fateen |first12=Mohamed |last13=Amer |first13=Hany |last14=Gostner |first14=Paul |last15=Selim |first15=Ashraf |date=2010-02-17 |title=Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family |url=https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.121 |journal=JAMA |volume=303 |issue=7 |pages=638–647 |doi=10.1001/jama.2010.121 |pmid=20159872 |issn=0098-7484}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Hawass, Zahi|display-authors=etal|title=Revisiting the harem conspiracy and death of Ramesses III: anthropological, forensic, radiological, and genetic study |journal=BMJ|date=2012|volume=345|issue=e8268|pages=e8268 |doi=10.1136/bmj.e8268|pmid=23247979|hdl=10072/62081|s2cid=206896841|hdl-access=free}}</ref> which sought to determine familial relations and research pathological features such as potential, infectious diseases among the New Kingdom royal mummies which included her grandson ], husband ] and ]. Keita, using an algorithm that only has three choices: ]ns, ], and ]ns concluded that the studies showed “a majority to have an affinity with “Sub-Saharan” Africans in one affinity analysis”. However, Keita cautioned that this does not mean that the royal mummies “lacked other affiliations” which he argued had been obscured in typological thinking. Keita further added that different “data and ]s might give different results” which reflected the complexity of biological heritage and the associated interpretation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Keita |first1=S. O. Y. |title=Ideas about "Race" in Nile Valley Histories: A Consideration of "Racial" Paradigms in Recent Presentations on Nile Valley Africa, from "Black Pharaohs" to Mummy Genomest |url=https://egyptianexpedition.org/articles/ideas-about-race-in-nile-valley-histories-a-consideration-of-racial-paradigms-in-recent-presentations-on-nile-valley-africa-from-black-pharaohs/ |website=Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections}}</ref>


According to historian William Stiebling and archaeologist Susan N. Helft, conflicting DNA analysis results conducted by different research teams on ancient Egyptians such as the Amarna royal mummies has led to a lack of consensus on the genetic makeup of the ancient Egyptians and their geographic origins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jr |first1=William H. Stiebing |last2=Helft |first2=Susan N. |title=Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture |date=3 July 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-88066-3 |pages=209–212|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUm7EAAAQBAJ&q=Gourdine+keita |language=en}}</ref>


Her mummy has the inventory number CG 61070.<ref name=Habicht>{{cite journal |last1=Habicht |first1=M.E|last2=Bouwman |first2=A.S|last3=Rühli |first3=F.J |date=25 January 2016 |title=Identifications of ancient Egyptian royal mummies from the 18th Dynasty reconsidered |journal=Yearbook of Physical Anthropology |volume=159 |issue=S61 |pages=216–231 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22909 |pmid=26808107|doi-access=free }}</ref> In April 2021 her mummy was moved from the ] to ] along with those of 3 other queens and 18 kings in an event termed the ].<ref name=Parisse>{{cite news |last=Parisse |first=Emmanuel |date=5 April 2021 |title=22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade' |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |work=ScienceAlert |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327201021/https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |url-status=live }}</ref> Her mummy has the inventory number CG 61070.<ref name=Habicht>{{cite journal |last1=Habicht |first1=M.E|last2=Bouwman |first2=A.S|last3=Rühli |first3=F.J |date=25 January 2016 |title=Identifications of ancient Egyptian royal mummies from the 18th Dynasty reconsidered |journal=Yearbook of Physical Anthropology |volume=159 |issue=S61 |pages=216–231 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.22909 |pmid=26808107|doi-access=free }}</ref> In April 2021 her mummy was moved from the ] to ] along with those of 3 other queens and 18 kings in an event termed the ].<ref name=Parisse>{{cite news |last=Parisse |first=Emmanuel |date=5 April 2021 |title=22 Ancient Pharaohs Have Been Carried Across Cairo in an Epic 'Golden Parade' |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |work=ScienceAlert |access-date=5 April 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327201021/https://www.sciencealert.com/22-ancient-pharaohs-have-been-carried-across-cairo-in-an-epic-golden-parade |url-status=live }}</ref>

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For other uses, see Tiye (disambiguation). Queen consort of Egypt
Tiye
Bust of Tiye, now in the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin, Germany
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenurec. 1390 BC – 1353 BC
(37–50 years)
Bornc. 1398 BC
Akhmim, Upper Egypt
Died1338 BC (aged 40–60 years)
BurialKV35, Valley of the Kings, Thebes
SpouseAmenhotep III
IssueSitamun
Iset
Henuttaneb
Nebetah
Thutmose
Akhenaten
Smenkhkare (possibly)
"The Younger Lady"
Beketaten
Egyptian name
U33iiZ4B7
Dynasty18th of Egypt
FatherYuya
MotherThuya
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion

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. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.

Family and early life

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. 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.

Commemorative marriage scarab of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Egyptologists have suggested that Tiye's father, Yuya, was of foreign origin due to the features of his mummy and the many different spellings of his name, which might imply it was a non-Egyptian name in origin. Some suggest that the queen's strong political and unconventional religious views might have been due not just to a strong character, but to foreign descent.

Tiye also had a brother, Anen, who was Second Prophet of Amun. Ay, a successor of Tutankhamun as pharaoh after the latter's death, is believed to be yet another brother of Tiye, despite no clear date or monument confirming a link between the two. Egyptologists presume this connection from Ay's origins (also from Akhmin), because he is known to have built a chapel dedicated to the local god Min there, and because he inherited most of the titles that Tiye's father, Yuya, held at the court of Amenhotep III during his lifetime.

Tiye was married to Amenhotep III by the second year of his reign. He had been born of a secondary wife of his father and needed a stronger tie to the royal lineage. Their marriage was celebrated by the issue of commemorative scarabs, announcing Tiye as Great Royal Wife and giving the names of her parents. He appears to have been crowned while still a child, perhaps between the ages of six and twelve. The couple had at least seven, and possibly more, children.

Issue

  1. Sitamun – The eldest daughter, who was elevated to the position of Great Royal Wife around year 30 of her father's reign.
  2. Isis – Also elevated to the position of Great Royal Wife.
  3. Henuttaneb – Not known to have been elevated to queenship, though her name does appear in a cartouche at least once.
  4. Nebetah – Sometimes thought to have been renamed Baketaten during her brother's reign.
  5. Crown Prince Thutmose – Crown Prince and High Priest of Ptah, pre-deceasing his father.
  6. Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten – Succeeded his father as pharaoh, husband of Queen Nefertiti, father of Ankhesenamun, who married Tutankhamun.


NB * Smenkhkare – has been speculated to be a son to Tiye but in fact primary sources that list her other children make this unlikely. traditionally seen as one of Akhenaten's immediate successors, today some Egyptologists such as Aidan Dodson believe he was the immediate predecessor of Neferneferuaten and a junior co-regent of Akhenaten who did not have an independent reign. Sometimes identified with the mummy from KV55, and therefore Tutankhamun's father. The Younger Lady from KV35 – A daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye, mother of Tutankhamun and sister-wife of KV55. Presumably one of the already-known daughters of Amenhotep III and Tiye. Beketaten – Sometimes thought to be Queen Tiye's daughter, usually based on reliefs of Baketaten seated next to Tiye at dinner with Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Probably Nebetah who likely changed her name when her brother Akhenaten changed the religion.

Monuments

Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Tiye bust

Her husband devoted a number of shrines to her and constructed a temple dedicated to her in Sedeinga in Nubia where she was worshipped as a form of the goddess Hathor-Tefnut. He also had an artificial lake built for her in his Year 12. On the colossal statue now in the Egyptian Museum she is of equal height with her husband. As the American Egyptologists David O'Connor and Eric Cline note:

The unprecedented thing about Tiyi. ... is not where she came from but what she became. No previous queen ever figured so prominently in her husband's lifetime. Tiyi regularly appeared besides Amenhotep III in statuary, tomb and temple reliefs, and stelae while her name is paired with his on numerous small objects, such as vessels and jewelry, not to mention the large commemorative scarabs, where her name regularly follows his in the dateline. New elements in her portraiture, such as the addition of cows' horns and sun disks—attributes of the goddess Hathor—to her headdress, and her representation in the form of a sphinx—an image formerly reserved for the king—emphasize her role as the king's divine, as well as earthly partner. Amenhotep III built a temple to her in Sedeinga in northern Sudan, where she was worshiped as a form of Hathor ... The temple at Sedeinga was the pendant to Amenhotep III's own, larger temple at Soleb, fifteen kilometres to the south (an arrangement followed a century later by Ramses II at Abu Simbel, where there are likewise two temples, the larger southern temple dedicated to the king, and the smaller, northern temple dedicated to the queen, Nefertiry, as Hathor).

Influence at court

Relief of Queen Tiye, wearing the vulture headdress and uraeus. From the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III at Western Thebes, Egypt, c. 1375 BCE. Neues Museum

Tiye wielded a great deal of power during both her husband's and son's reigns. Amenhotep III became a fine sportsman, a lover of outdoor life, and a great statesman. He often had to consider claims for Egypt's gold and requests for his royal daughters in marriage from foreign kings such as Tushratta of Mitanni and Kadashman-Enlil I of Babylon. The royal lineage was carried by the women of Ancient Egypt and marriage to one would have been a path to the throne for their progeny. Tiye became her husband's trusted adviser and confidant. Known for her intelligence and strong personality, she was able to gain the respect of foreign dignitaries. Foreign leaders were willing to deal directly with her. She continued to play an active role in foreign relations and was the first Egyptian queen to have her name recorded on official acts.

Tiye may have continued to advise her son, Akhenaten, when he took the throne. Her son’s correspondence with Tushratta, the king of Mitanni, speaks highly of the political influence she wielded at court. In Amarna letter EA 26, Tushratta, corresponded directly with Tiye to reminisce about the good relations he enjoyed with her then deceased husband and extended his wish to continue on friendly terms with her son, Akhenaten.

Amenhotep III died in Year 38 or Year 39 of his reign (1353 BC/1350 BC) and was buried in the Valley of the Kings in WV22; however, Tiye is known to have outlived him by as many as twelve years. Tiye continued to be mentioned in the Amarna letters and in inscriptions as queen and beloved of the king. Amarna letter EA 26, which is addressed to Tiye, dates to the reign of Akhenaten. She is known to have had a house at Akhetaten (Amarna), Akhenaten's new capital and is shown on the walls of the tomb of Huya – a "steward in the house of the king's mother, the great royal wife Tiyi" – depicted at a dinner table with Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their family and then being escorted by the king to her sunshade. In an inscription approximately dated to November 21 of Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), both she and her granddaughter Meketaten are mentioned for the last time. They are thought to have died shortly after that date. This information is corroborated by the fact that the shrine which Akhenaten created for her—which was later found transported from Amarna to tomb KV55 in Thebes—bore the later form of the Aten's name which was only used after Akhenaten's Year 9.

If Tiye died soon after Year 12 of Akhenaten's reign (1338 BC), this would place her birth around 1398 BC, her marriage to Amenhotep III at the age of eleven or twelve, and her becoming a widow at the age of forty-eight to forty-nine. Suggestions of a co-regency between Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten lasting for up to twelve years continue, but most scholars today either accept a brief co-regency lasting no more than one year or no co-regency at all.

Burial and mummy

Fragmentary funerary mask of Queen Tiye from KV35 in the Ägyptisches Museum.
The Mummy of Queen Tiye, as found in situ within KV35. Picture taken by Victor Loret in 1899.

Tiye is believed to have been originally buried in the Royal Tomb at Amarna alongside her son Akhenaten and granddaughter, Meketaten. Evidence shows the two northern pillars of the incomplete pillared hall were removed to accommodate a sarcophagus plinth and pieces of her smashed sarcophagus were found in and around the burial chamber. Analysis of the badly damaged decoration on the left wall beyond the plinth also indicates that Tiye was buried there. In a depiction that closely resembles the mourning of Meketaten in chamber γ, a figure stands beneath a floral canopy while the royal family grieves. The figure wears a queenly sash but cannot be Nefertiti as Nefertiti is shown with the mourners. Tiye's sarcophagus was likely contained within multiple nested shrines, like those of her grandson Tutankhamun. The inscription on a portion of such a shrine found in KV55 indicates that Akhenaten had the shrines made for his mother.

Following the move of the capital back to Thebes, Tiye, along with others buried in the royal tomb, were transferred to the Valley of the Kings. The presence of pieces of one of her gilded burial shrines in KV55 indicate she was likely interred there for a time. Provisions had been made during the reign of her husband Amenhotep III for her burial within his tomb, WV22. Shabti figures belonging to her were found in this tomb.

The mummy of Queen Tiye, front view, taken in 1912, back when it was still known as the Elder Lady. Damage to the chest of the mummy, made by tomb robbers, is visible.

In 1898, three sets of mummified remains were found in a side chamber of the tomb of Amenhotep II in KV35 by Victor Loret. One was an older woman and the other two were a young boy who died at around the age of ten, thought to be Webensenu or Prince Thutmose, and a younger, unknown woman. The three were found lying naked side-by-side and unidentified, having been unwrapped in antiquity by tomb robbers. The mummy of the older woman, who would later be identified as Tiye, was referred to by Egyptologists as the 'Elder Lady' while the other woman was 'The Younger Lady'. Several researchers argued that the Elder Lady was Queen Tiye. There were other scholars who were skeptical of this theory, such as British scholars Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, who once stated that "it seems very unlikely that her mummy could be the so-called 'Elder Lady' in the tomb of Amenhotep II."

Queen Tiye mummy, side view

A nest of four miniature coffins inscribed with her name and containing a lock of hair was found in the tomb of her grandson Tutankhamun – perhaps a memento from a beloved grandmother. In 1976, microprobe analysis conducted on hair samples from the Elder Lady and the lock from the inscribed coffins found the two were a near perfect match, thereby identifying the Elder Lady as Tiye.

The Mummy of Queen Tiye, now at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo

By 2010, DNA analysis, sponsored by the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass, was able to formally identify the Elder Lady as Queen Tiye. She was found to be about 40–50 years old at the time of her death, and 145 cm (4 ft 9 in) tall. DNA results published in 2020 revealed that Tiye had the mtDNA haplogroup K (as did her mother, Thuya). Tiye's father Yuya was found to have the Y-DNA haplogroup G2a and mtDNA haplogroup K.


Her mummy has the inventory number CG 61070. In April 2021 her mummy was moved from the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities to National Museum of Egyptian Civilization along with those of 3 other queens and 18 kings in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade.

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