Tiye
Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III
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Updated 2026-05-29
Tiye married her way into 18th Dynasty royalty as Amenhotep III's chief wife, then mothered Akhenaten and grandmothered Tutankhamun—making her central to Egypt's strangest dynasty shift. A 2010 DNA match finally confirmed her remains after 112 years of mystery.
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Tiye 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.
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