Tiy
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Pharaohs
- Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Egyptian queen{$I[g]Egypt;Tiy} Wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and mother of Pharaoh Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV), Tiy was influential in political and religious affairs in the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Early Life
Information on Tiy (tee) comes primarily from archaeological records. Tiy was the daughter of Yuya and Thuyu. Yuya, her father, was a chariot officer who bore the title “master of the horse,” served as a priest of the god Min, and had the additional distinction of the title “god’s father.” Hailing from Akhmim in Upper Egypt,...
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