EGYPT LANDMARKS

4:05 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

ANKHESENAMUN (fl. 1345–1327 BC). Formerly Ankhesenpaaten.
Third daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti and wife of Tutankhamun.
She joined her husband in the abandonment of her father’s
religious practices and capital at Amarna and changed her
name to remove the reference to Aten. Upon the death of her husband,
Ankhesenamun wrote to the Hittite king seeking a Hittite
prince as a new husband, but the choice, Zannanza, died mysteriously
on the way to Egypt. Her subsequent fate is unknown, although
it has been conjectured that she married the next king, Ay, as her
name appears joined with his on two rings. See also AMARNA PERIOD;
ANKHESENPAATEN-TASHERIT; BAKETATEN; MEKETATEN;
MERITAMUN; MERITATEN-TASHERIT; NEFERNEFRUATEN;
NEFERNEFRURE; SETEPENRE.

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3:47 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

AMENIRDIS. The name of two princesses of Dynasty 25 who were
adopted as God’s wife of Amun. Amenirdis I was the daughter of
Kashta and Pebtama, and her adoption by Shepenwepet I was an indication
of the control of Thebes exercised by the ruler of Nubia.
Amenirdis II, daughter of Taharqo, was adopted by Shepenwepet II
as her heir, but it is not certain if she succeeded, as Dynasty 25 was
ousted from Thebes by Psamtik I of Dynasty 26, who sent his
daughter, Nitocris, to become God’s wife

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2:13 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

AKHMIM. Modern name for the Egyptian Khent-Min, Greek Khemmis
or Panopolis in the ninth Upper Egyptian nome. Little remains
of the ancient city under the modern town. Akhmim is the home city
of Ay. In 1981, colossal statues of Ramesses II and his daughter and
Queen Meritamun were discovered there. Unsupervised excavations
at the end of the 19th century led to the discovery of many textiles
and textile fragments from the Coptic Period. The nearby tombs
of the Old Kingdom at el-Hawawish were copied and published by
an Australian expedition from Macquarie University in 1979–1992.
See also ATHRIBIS; MIN.

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1:57 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

AHHOTEP (fl. 1570–1540 BC). Sister and queen of probably Seqenenre

Tao of Dynasty 17 and thus daughter of Senakhtenre and

Tetisheri. She was the mother of Ahmose I, who founded Dynasty

18, and his sister-wife Ahmose-Nefertari. Ahhotep apparently acted

as regent of her son on his accession and exercised great influence

during his reign. A second queen, Ahhotep, is known from a burial at

Thebes and is probably to be identified as a queen of Kamose or Seqenenre

Tao. The gilded coffin from this burial and jewelry are now

in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.

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5:03 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

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