Yuya

Yuya (sometimes transliterated as Iouiya) was a powerful Egyptian courtier of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (circa 1400 BCE). He served as a key adviser for Pharaoh Amenhotep III (father of Akhenaten) and is the only person in Egyptian history to have been granted the title "Beloved Father of Pharaoh". Yuya married Tjuyu, an Egyptian noblewoman descended from Ahmose Nefertari, and was the father of Tiy, who became Amenhotep's principal wife. Some scholars speculate that they also may have been the parents of Ay, an Egy ...

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Yuya's facial features, as observed on his mummy, have led some archaeologists to postulate that he was actually Asiatic in origin. Some scholars have gone so far as to connect Yuya with the biblical story of Joseph, a son of Jacob and Rachel. They point out, inter alia, that the hieroglyph for "ya" is extremely similar to that for "sef", and thus that the name should in fact be read "Yusef". This view is opposed by Biblical literalists who note that the book of Exodus in the Torah states that the Israelites brought Joseph's bo ...

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Kheperkheprure Ay (occasionally Aya or Aye) was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1325-1321 BC or 1327-1323 BC, depending which chronology is followed), although he was a close advisor to two (perhaps three) of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was the power behind the throne upon which his immediate predecessor sat. Ay's prenomen, Kheperkheprure, means "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Re." Ay - Amarna ...

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• Ay - Rule as Pharaoh
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The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. The valley is located at 25°44′N 32°36′E. It stands on the west bank of the Nile, across from Thebes (modern Luxor), under the peak of the pyramid-shaped mountain Al-Qurn. It is separated into the East and West Valleys, with most of the important tombs in the East Valley. The West ...

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• Valley of the Kings - Geology
• Valley of the Kings - Important burials
• Valley of the Kings - East Valley
• Valley of the Kings - West Valley
• Valley of the Kings - Deir el-Bahri
• Valley of the Kings - Exploration of the Valley of the Kings
• Valley of the Kings - Grave robbers
• Valley of the Kings - Antiquity
• Valley of the Kings - Eighteenth Century
• Valley of the Kings - Nineteenth Century
• Valley of the Kings - Twentieth century
• Valley of the Kings - Twenty-first century
• Valley of the Kings - Tourism
• Valley of the Kings - Selected reading

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The following are unsolved problems in Egyptology and modern knowledge of ancient Egypt. This includes a list of ancient Egypt mysteries. List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Introduction. There are many open problems concerning Ancient Egypt, including some with no satisfactory solution. Experts may suggest solutions to many of these questions; others may never be solved. Egyptian archaeology is in a state of constant transition, with much of the terminology and chronology in disp ...

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• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Introduction
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Origins
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - The Pharaohs
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Temples and pyramids
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Burial and tombs
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Biblical
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Technology
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Language and the arts
• List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Miscellaneous
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Sketch map of the major tombs in the Valley The following is a list of who is buried where in the Valley of the Kings, in Thebes (modern Luxor in Egypt) and nearby areas. Egyptologists use the acronym KV (from the words "King's Valley") to designate tombs located in the Valley of the Kings. The system was established by John Gardiner Wilkinson in 1821. Each tomb in the Valley of t ...

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• Burials in the Valley of the Kings - Original burials
• Burials in the Valley of the Kings - East Valley
• Burials in the Valley of the Kings - West Valley
• Burials in the Valley of the Kings - Deir el-Bahri

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14th century BC - Events. 1397 BC - Pandion, legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 40 years and is succeeded by his son Erechtheus II of Athens. 1344 BC – 1322 BC -- Beginning of Hittite empire. Rise of the Urnfield culture. 14th century BC - Significant persons. 1398 BC - Birth of Tiy to Egyptian nobleman Yuya and his wife Tjuyu. She later becomes the Chief Queen of Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt and the matriarch of the Amarna ...

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Akhenaten, known as Amenhotep IV at the start of his reign, was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is thought to have been born to Amenhotep III and his Chief Queen Tiy in the year 26 of their reign (1379 BC or 1362 BC). Amenhotep IV succeeded his father after Amenhotep III's death at the end of his 38-year reign, possibly after a co-regency between the two of up to 12 years. Suggested dates for Akhenaten's reign (subject to the debates surrounding Egyptian chronology) are from 1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC-1334 BC. Akhenaten's chief wife was Nefertiti, who has been made famous by her exquisitely pa ...

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• Akhenaten - Depictions of the Pharaoh and his family
• Akhenaten - Problems of the reign
• Akhenaten - Plague and pandemic
• Akhenaten - Family
• Akhenaten - Burial
• Akhenaten - Succession
• Akhenaten - Akhenaten in the arts

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In Egypt, the dead were originally not mummified with the extensive process that happened during the first dynasty. The dead were originally buried in reed caskets in the sand. The searing hot sand caused the remains to dry quickly, preventing decomposition. Later, they started constructing wooden tombs, and the extensive process of mummification was developed to assure that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified individual was placed at his/her final re ...

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Tutankhamun's untimely death at the age of 18 or 19, together with his failure to produce an heir, left a power vacuum that his Grand Vizier was quick to fill: Ay is depicted in the famous treasures of the boy king's tomb conducting the funerary rights for the deceased monarch and assuming the role of heir. The grounds on which Ay based his claim to the throne are not entirely clear. He was certainly a powerful figure under Tutankhamun, as he had been under Akhenaten: in some records he is referred to as "regent", and he had been close to th ...

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Ay, Ay - Amarna Period, Ay - Titles, Ay - Tutankhamun, Ay - Rule as Pharaoh, Ay - Aftermath

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There are many open problems concerning Ancient Egypt, including some with no satisfactory solution. Experts may suggest solutions to many of these questions; others may never be solved. Egyptian archaeology is in a state of constant transition, with much of the terminology and chronology in dispute. The archeological record is incomplete, with some relics and artifacts missing or destroyed. New archaeological discoveries can call into question previous conclusions about Ancient Egypt. Furthermore, there are internal problems of overall cohesion of various dynasties and there are problems re ...

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List of unsolved problems in Egyptology, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Introduction, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Origins, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - The Pharaohs, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Temples and pyramids, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Burial and tombs, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Biblical, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Technology, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Language and the arts, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Miscellaneous, List of unsolved problems in Egyptology - Further reading and other publications

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Main article: Atenism A religious revolutionary, Amenhotep IV introduced Atenism in the first year of his reign, raising the previously obscure god Aten (sometimes spelt Aton) to the position of supreme deity. Aten was the name for the sun-disk itself — hence the fact that it is often referred to in English in the impersonal form "the Aten". The Aten was by this point in Egyptian history considered to be an aspect of the composite deity Ra-Amun-Horus. These previously separate deities had been merged with each other. A ...

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Akhenaten, Akhenaten - Atenist revolution, Akhenaten - Depictions of the Pharaoh and his family, Akhenaten - Problems of the reign, Akhenaten - Plague and pandemic, Akhenaten - Family, Akhenaten - Burial, Akhenaten - Succession, Akhenaten - Akhenaten in the arts

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Yamaguchi Prefecture - Cities. Hagi Hikari Hofu Iwakuni Kudamatsu Mine Nagato Sanyo-Onoda Shimonoseki (largest city) Shunan Ube Yamaguchi (capital) Yanai Yamaguchi Prefecture - Towns and villages. These are the towns and villages in each district. Abu District Abu Ato Kuga District Hongou K ...

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The Valley of the Kings has been a major area of modern Egyptological exploration for the last two centuries. Before this the area was a site for tourism in antiquity (especially during Roman times). This areas illustrates the changes in the study of ancient Egypt, starting as antiquity hunting, and ending as scientific excavation of the whole Theban Necropolis. It is interesting to note that despite all of the exploration and investigation noted below, only eleven of the tombs have actually been complete ...

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Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Kings - Geology, Valley of the Kings - Important burials, Valley of the Kings - East Valley, Valley of the Kings - West Valley, Valley of the Kings - Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Kings - Exploration of the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Kings - Grave robbers, Valley of the Kings - Antiquity, Valley of the Kings - Eighteenth Century, Valley of the Kings - Nineteenth Century, Valley of the Kings - Twentieth century, Valley of the Kings - Twenty-first century, Valley of the Kings - Tourism, Valley of the Kings - Selected reading

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Mummies have been an object of intense interest in the West since archaeologists began finding them in large numbers. 19th-century aristocrats would often entertain themselves by buying mummies, having them unwrapped, and holding observation sessions. These sessions destroyed several mummies, because the exposure to the air caused them to disintegrate. In the 1830s Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, left instructions to be followed upon his death which led to the creation of a sort of modern-day mummy. He asked that his bo ...

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Yamaguchi Prefecture was formerly divided into Nagato and Suo provinces. It was part of the Mori clan domain during the Sengoku period. After Commodore Matthew Perry's opening of Japan, clans from Nagato (also called Choshu) played a key role in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the new imperial government. ...

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Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture - History, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Geography, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Cities, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Towns and villages, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Mergers, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Economy, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Demographics, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Culture, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Tourism, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Prefectural symbols, Yamaguchi Prefecture - Miscellaneous topics, Yamaguchi Prefecture - External link

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Mummy - From Egypt. Tutankhamun Ramses I Nesperennub Amenophis III Thutmosis II Seti I Ramses II Yuya Mummy - Others. Ötzi the Iceman Tollund Man Jeremy Bentham Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz Vladimir Lenin ...

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Natural mummification is fairly rare, due to the requirement for certain specific conditions, but it has produced some of the oldest known mummies. The most famous ancient mummy is Ötzi the Iceman, frozen in a glacier in the Ötztaler Alps around 3300 BC and found 1991. An even older but less well preserved mummy was found in Spirit Cave, Nevada in 1940 and carbon-dated to around 7400 BC. Britain, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark have all produced a number of bog bodies, mummies of people deposited in sphagnum bogs appar ...

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Mummy, Mummy - Types of mummies, Mummy - Intentionally prepared ritualistic mummies, Mummy - Naturally preserved mummies, Mummy - Etymology, Mummy - Mummies in Ancient Egypt, Mummy - Historical context of Egyptian mummies, Mummy - Egyptian Mummies as Historical Art, Mummy - Egyptian mummification process, Mummy - Egyptian burial rituals, Mummy - Mummies in other civilizations, Mummy - Chinese mummy, Mummy - Ibaloi mummy Philippines, Mummy - Natural mummies, Mummy - Mummies in recent times, Mummy - Mummies in fiction, Mummy - Famous mummies, Mummy - From Egypt, Mummy - Others

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A number of other civilizations are known to have practised the art of mummification. Aztecs Incas, (See Mummy Juanita). Also a practice also adopted by peoples they conquered, e.g. Chachapoyas. Japan, see external link Buddhist mummies in Japan, PubMed. Tibetans, who reserved this honor for people who reached a highest level of enlightenment. Mummy - Chinese ...

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Mummy, Mummy - Types of mummies, Mummy - Intentionally prepared ritualistic mummies, Mummy - Naturally preserved mummies, Mummy - Etymology, Mummy - Mummies in Ancient Egypt, Mummy - Historical context of Egyptian mummies, Mummy - Egyptian Mummies as Historical Art, Mummy - Egyptian mummification process, Mummy - Egyptian burial rituals, Mummy - Mummies in other civilizations, Mummy - Chinese mummy, Mummy - Ibaloi mummy Philippines, Mummy - Natural mummies, Mummy - Mummies in recent times, Mummy - Mummies in fiction, Mummy - Famous mummies, Mummy - From Egypt, Mummy - Others

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