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Tiye
The Great Royal Wife Tiye, matriarch of the Amarna Dynasty - from the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenure	c. 1390 BC – 1353 BC (37 years)
Born	c. 1398 BC Akhmim, Upper Egypt
Died	1338 BC
Burial	KV35, Valley of the Kings, Thebes
Spouse	Amenhotep III
Issue	Sitamun, Great Royal Wife Iset, Great Royal Wife Princess Henuttaneb Princess Nebetah Crown Prince Thutmose Akhenaten Smenkhkare (possibly) The Younger Lady Princess Beketaten
Father	Yuya
Mother	Thuya
Religion	Ancient Egyptian religion

Tiye in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC)

Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu (also spelled Thuyu). She became the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. She was the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun. Her mummy was identified as The Elder Lady found in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 2010.

Family and early life

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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 to be Queen Tiye. Also, the strands of her hair found inside Tutankhamun's tomb matched the DNA of the Elder Lady.

Notes

1. Dodson & Hilton, The Royal Families of Ancient Egypt p. 157
2. Cite error: The named reference Dodson & Hilton, p.157 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. Hawass, Zahi et al. "Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun's Family" The Journal of the American Medical Association pp.640-641

References

• Dodson, Aidan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-05128-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• O'Connor, David (1998). Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08833-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Tyldesley, Joyce (2006). Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-05145-0.

v t e Amarna Period
Pharaohs	Akhenaten Smenkhkare Neferneferuaten Tutankhamun Ay
Royal family	Tiye Nefertiti Kiya "The Younger Lady" Tey Children Meritaten Meketaten Ankhesenamun Neferneferuaten Tasherit Neferneferure Setepenre Meritaten Tasherit Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit
Nobles Officials	Aperel Bek Huya Ipy Mahu Maia May Meryneith Meryre Meryre II Mutbenret Nakhtpaaten Neferkheperuhersekheper Paatenemheb Panehesy Parennefer Penthu Ramose Thutmose
Locations	Akhetaten Karnak KV55 KV62 Amarna Tombs
Other	Amarna letters Amarna succession Aten Atenism Dakhamunzu Amarna Art Style

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