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Ankhesenamun (ˁnḫ-s-n-imn, "Her Life Is of Amun"; c. 1348 [1] or c. 1342 – after 1322 BC [2]) was a queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Born Ankhesenpaaten ( ˁnḫ.s-n-pꜣ-itn , "she lives for the Aten"), [ 3 ] she was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti .
Apr 13, 2014 · Ankhesenamun ("Her Life is of Amun ") was a queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the third of six known daughters, and became the great royal wife of her half-brother Tutankhamun when he was just 8 to 10 years old and she was 13. It is possible that she was briefly married to Tutankhamun's successor, Ay, believed by some to be her ...
Ankhesenamen (flourished 2nd millennium bce) was the queen of ancient Egypt (reigned 1332–22 bce ), who shared the throne with the young king Tutankhamen. Ankhesenamen was the third daughter of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, the couple who introduced the religious and cultural innovations of the Amarna period. She was probably married to her father ...
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Mar 18, 2019 · Born around c. 1350 B.C. Ankhesenamun or “Her Life Is of Amun ” was the third of King Akhenaton and Queen Nefertiti ’s six daughters. As a young girl, Ankhesenamun grew up in her father’s purpose-built capital city of Akhetaten, present-day Amarna. Surviving evidence suggests her royal parents doted upon Ankhesenamun and her sisters.
Apr 3, 2014 · Ankhsenamun (born c. 1350 BCE and known as Ankhesenpaaten in youth) was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. She was married to her father and may have borne him one daughter, Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit ('Ankhesenpaaten the Younger'), before she was 13 years old. While still a young girl, and possibly already ...
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Ankhesenamun lived during the Amarna period of ancient Egypt. Her name means “She lives through Amun ” (or “Living through Amun”). However, this is the name she took once the traditional gods had been returned to favour following the Atenist period initiated by her father Akhenaten. She was initially known as Ankhesenpaaten, meaning ...
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Ankhesenamun. Queen Ankhesenamun was the chief wife of King Tutankhamun. Because of the mystery that surrounds much of her life, she is known as ‘Egypt’s Lost Princess’. She was born during Egypt’s most unsettled times in the 18th dynasty and her life reflected the turbulence of her country. Born Ankhesenpaaten, she was named after her ...