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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Yatunde Lisa: [QB] http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/kiya-most-mysterious-woman-amarna-005092/page/0/1 [IMG]http://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/field/image/Kiya-amarna-egypt.jpg[/IMG] Kiya was known to be a wife of Akhenaten, pictured in this relief carving [IMG]http://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/Kiya-akhenaten-wife.jpg[/IMG] The mummy revealed the truth The most fascinating part of the research about Kiya is connected with the mummy of the Younger Lady discovered in tomb KV35. It was the second ''cachette'', after DB320, found with royal mummies inside. The tomb, which was reopened in 1907, was the final resting place for two women known as the Younger Lady and the Elder Lady, who were found lying next to each other. Dr Joann Fletcher, the famous Egyptologist from York University, announced in 2004 that the Younger Lady was the beautiful Queen Nefertiti. French researcher, Marc Gabolde, in his recently published theory, follows Fletcher's opinion. DNA tests, which were carried out on 11 mummies by the team of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the National Geographic Society and Siemens, revealed the following: Tutankhamun’s father is very likely the man found in tomb KV55 – Akhenaten; the Elder Lady is Queen Tiye, mother of Akhenaten and wife of Amenhotep III; the mother of Tutankhamun is the Younger Lady, the daughter of Tiye and Amenhotep III; and Tutankhamun’s parents were brother and sister. Amenhotep III [IMG]http://asso.univ-lyon2.fr/cercle-egyptologie/img/voyage2008/08AmenhotepIII.jpg[/IMG] Regarding the inscriptions found in the tomb of Pharaoh Ay, [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Opening_of_the_Mouth_-_Tutankhamun_and_Aja-2.jpg/200px-Opening_of_the_Mouth_-_Tutankhamun_and_Aja-2.jpg[/IMG] Nefertiti was his daughter and the sister of Mutnedjmet – wife of Pharaoh Haremhab. (not related to the preceding dynasty a commoner) [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/StatueOfHoremhebAndTheGodHorus-DetailOfHoremheb01_KunsthistorischesMuseum_Nov13-10.jpg/250px-StatueOfHoremhebAndTheGodHorus-DetailOfHoremheb01_KunsthistorischesMuseum_Nov13-10.jpg[/IMG] This means that Nefertiti was in fact a niece of Queen Tiye. According to inscription from the Theban tomb of Ay, the results of research by Joann Fletcher are incorrect. It is unknown which of the several sisters of Akhenaten the Younger Lady is, but the role and special title of Kiya could be a hint. Currently the majority of Egyptologists, including Zahi Hawass, believe that Younger Lady was The Great Beloved wife of Akhenaten – Kiya. The researcher who started to analyze artifacts connected with Kiya experienced a painful lack of information about her. Apart from the mysterious mummy, the most important artifacts connected to Kiya are four canopic jars found in tomb KV55. Currently one of her jars is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the other three are in Cairo. They are impressive examples of New Kingdom art, with the face of the lid carved as a portrait. The lid of the jar represents one of the royal women of Amarna, variously identified as Nefertiti, Tiye, Merytamen or Kiya. Analysis of the erased inscriptions on the jars showed that the face of the woman with a long slender nose, sensuous lips and sloe eyes probably belonged to Kiya [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/82/d9/86/82d986e6a8567c610a785a920c17a273.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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