Tiye

Queen Tiye was known primarily as the wife of Amenhotep III and the mother of Akhenaten.  She was also the mother of Sitamun, who also eventually married Amenhotep III, as well as at least 4 other children.

Amenhotep III thought highly of his wife, and Tiye was similarly devoted to her husband.  Several statues and stelas depict the royal couple together, and in many of them Tiye is portrayed as being as tall as Amenhotep III.  Her husband also devoted many shrines and temple, as well as an artificial lake, to her.  

Tiye was considered a chief, albeit unofficial, advisor to both her husband and her son Akhenaten, who would later become emperor.  Tiye died soon after Year 12 of her son's reign and is believed to have been buried in Akhenaten's royal tomb at Amarna.  

Mummy KV35EL, also known as 'the Elder Lady' from KV35 is most likely to belong to Queen Tiye.

Interesting sites

KV35 (Tomb of Amenhotep II)

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The Elder Lady mummy from KV35, Shrine stela of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, Ritual Figures of King Tut Hunting a Hippopotamus, Statue of Akhenaten, House Altar Depiciting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Daughters, Queen Tiye, Amenophis IV, Akhenaten kissing his daughter, Haremhab as a scribe, Granodiorite Seated Statue of Amenhotep III, The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, Head of Amenhotep III in the Blue Crown, The Amarna Letters, Merneptah Stele, Head from a statue of Amenhotep III

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Images

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