Queen Tiye One of Ancient Egypts Most Powerful Queens

If you'd like to support the creation of this content, please click on the link below. We are not in competition. It's one vision. One mission. One African pride. Thank you, Africa. Queen Tia was the Egyptian queen who was the wife of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. She was also the mother of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who was the successor of her husband, Amenhotep III. She is also the grandmother of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who is famously known as King Tut. Queen Tia served as queen from 1398 BC to 1338 BC of the 18th dynasty. She became the great royal wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Along with this title, she was qualified to serve many official functions as well. Queen Tia exerted an enormous influence at the courts of both her husband and her son and is known to have communicated directly with rulers of foreign nations. The Amarna letters confirms that she was highly regarded by these rulers, especially during the rule of her son, Pharaoh Akhenaten. The Amarna letters are the body of 14th century BC correspondence exchanged between the rulers of the ancient Near East and Egypt. They are considered some of the earliest examples of international diplomacy. The most common subjects in these correspondence were negotiation of diplomatic marriage, friendship statements, and exchanged materials. The name Amarna letters comes from the place where the stone tablets were found. This city, Amarna, was built by Queen Tia's son, Pharaoh Akhenaten. There are 382 of these stone tablets. Queen Tia's father was a non-royal and a wealthy landowner, and her mother was a priestess. Queen Tia ruled with the same authority as a man and exercised her power in equal measure with the great kings of the world. We must not forget that women in ancient Egypt had more rights and were held in higher regard than in most other ancient cultures. Queen Tia was the first queen of Egypt to have her name on official acts, and she also wielded more power than the queens who came before her. Her name is even written in a cartouche like that of a king. Her husband devoted a number of shrines to her and constructed a temple dedicated to her in Nubia, where she was worshipped as an Egyptian goddess. He also had an artificial lake built for her. When you look at the colossal statue that sits in the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, she is of equal height with her husband. Queen Tia became her husband's trusted advisor and confidant. Queen Tia outlived her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten, by roughly 12 years or so. It is believed that Queen Tia died in the 12th year of her son's reign as Pharaoh Akhenaten in 1338 BC. She continued to be a trusted advisor even for her son, and she commanded much respect by foreign heads of state. We are not in competition. It's one vision, one mission, one African pride. Thank you, Africa.