Kiya was one of the wives of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Little is known about her, and her actions and roles are poorly documented in the historical record, in contrast to those of Akhenaten's 'Great royal wife', Nefertiti .

Jan 3, 2016 · Currently the majority of Egyptologists, including Zahi Hawass, believe that Younger Lady was The Great Beloved wife of Akhenaten – Kiya. What is even more interesting is that latest scans of the mummy showed another part of forgotten history – this woman was murdered.

Oct 24, 2021 · Kiya was one of the wives of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Little is known about her, and her actions and roles are poorly documented in the historical record, in contrast to those of Akhenaten’s ‘Great royal wife’, Nefertiti.

Nov 5, 2009 · Kiya (transliteration: kỉyꜣ) was a King's Wife of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the New Kingdom. Kiya was a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose Queen was Nefertiti. Surviving evidence demonstrates that Kiya was an important figure at Akhenaten's court during the middle years of his reign...

Kiya, a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is one of the most shadowy royals of the Amarna Period. Virtually nothing is known about her origin or the reasons for her disappearance.

Feb 17, 2011 · The disappearance of Kiya and the parentage of Tutankhamun are among some of the mysteries surrounding the end of Egypt's Amarna Period. French archaeologist, Dr Marc Gabolde, offers his new...

Feb 14, 2012 · Akhenaten was a pharaoh who reigned towards the end of the 18th dynasty during Egypt’s New Kingdom. He is infamous for breaking away from the traditional Egyptian gods and promoting a new religion that contained only one deity, the Aten or the sun disc.

Queen Kiya is often considered to be the mother of Smenkhare and Tutankhamun, and some argue that she was one and the same as Tadukhipa, while others suggest that Nefertiti was the Egyptian name given to Tadukhipa on her arrival in Egypt. When Nefertiti “disappeared” around the twelfth year of Akhenaten’s reign, Kiya rose to prominence.

1007: Kiya. Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Born: Possibly Mitanni (Present-day Syria) Died: Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Very little is known about Kiya, especially in contrast with Akhenaten’s much more famous and principal wife Nefertiti.

Dec 16, 2023 · Queen Kiya – Female Pharaohs – Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt – The New Kingdom. The most famous Pharaonic queens of Egypt from the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt Historical facts about the wife of King Amenhotep IV and the mother of the young king Tutankhamun.

Dec 17, 2018 · A woman who holds a special position in the heart of pharaoh Akhenaten but Kiya's life and life are still under the mysterious veil. The only thing researchers know about Kiya is her name and she is the wife of the Egyptian emperor Akhenaten with the title "Dear wife".

Jun 27, 2020 · Following the story of the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV and his city, this video shows a short glance about his second wife " Kiya" , "kaia" or "kiw". She is the mys...

Mar 26, 2018 · Kiya, a secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is one of the most shadowy royals of the Amarna Period. Virtually nothing is known about her origin or the reasons for her disappearance.

Kiya had a special titulary: the beloved great wife of the king of Lower and Upper Egypt, living in truth. Year 11 is her last dated appearance; soon after that she might have died ( van Dijk 1997 : 36)

Kiya was one of the wives of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Little is known about her, and her actions and roles are poorly documented in the historical record, in contrast to those of Akhenaten's 'Great royal wife', Nefertiti .

I am Queen Kiya, the secondary wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. My origins are shrouded in mystery, but many believe I was a Mitannian Princess sent to Egypt to wed the aging Amenhotep III as my aunt, Gilukhipa, had done years before.

Princess Kiya is a shadowy figure, whose life has been pieced together from fragments of inscriptions, some of which were erased by her contemporaries. She is now believed to be the subject of...

Egyptian-Alabaster Canopic jar of an 18th Dynasty queen, found within tomb KV55. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, c. 1349–1330 B.C. One of four Canopic jars believed to have belonged to Akhenaten’s secondary wife, Queen Kiya.

Amarna: Kiya. Second wife of Akhenaten whose existence was noted only relatively late in Amarna studies (Hayes 1959: 294; further literature Reeves 1988: 91, n. 2) UC 601, fragment of a kohl tube: part of Kiya's titulary: the beloved great wife …

Beketaten (Ancient Egyptian: bꜣk.t-itn) [1] (14th century BCE) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty. Beketaten is considered to be the youngest daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife Tiye, thus the sister of Pharaoh Akhenaten. [2] Her name means "Handmaid of Aten". [1]