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Lady Thuya

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Lady Thuya

Mother of Great Royal Wife, Queen Tiye; Grandmother of Pharaoh Akhenaten; Great Grandmother of Pharaoh Tutankhamun; and Mother of Pharaoh Ay 

Family

Thuya is understood to be a descendant of Queen Ahmose Nefertari, who, with her husband Pharaoh Ahmose I, were the founders of the 18th Dynasty. So she would have been part of the extended Royal Family and would have occupied a position within the Royal Court before she married and had a family of her own.

She married the Noble Yuya who owned an Estate in the Town of Akhmim, Upper Egypt, where he retained a good status within the local nobility. He was known to be a Prophet of God Min who ruled the deities in the area, and he was granted the role of “Superintendent of Cattle” for the Deity.

His parents or family are not known to date, but it is thought that his ancestry may stem from outside of Egypt but that Yuya himself was at least 4th generation Egyptian born. For more information about Yuya, click here

 

Children

Titles

“Singer of Hathor”

“Chief of the Entertainers for the God Amun”

“Chief of the Entertainers for the God Min”

“Superintendent of the Harem for the God Min of Akhmim”

“Superintendent of the Harem for the God Amun of Thebes”

Death

Lady Thuya died in her early 50s. She was buried in Tomb KV46 in the Valley of the Kings. She was joined here by her husband approx. 7 years later. They were laid to rest together for eternity. Regrettably the Tomb was robbed in antiquity but on its discovery in 1905 it was the most intact and magnificently preserved of Tombs, only outshone by the Tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. For full details about their Tomb, click here

Images Above:
Top Left: Relief of Musicians playing instruments for a Festival
Top Right: Relief of Goddess Hathor
Bottom Left: Relief of Pharaoh making an offering to God Min

Image Right: Gilded Mummy Mask of Lady Thuya

Image Below: Statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye

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