Amenia (wife of Horemheb)

Amenia in hieroglyphs
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  Non-royal wife of Pharaoh Horemheb
Amenia

Amenia was an Egyptian noble lady, the first wife of Horemheb, the last ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.[2]

Very little is known about her, and she seems to have died during the reign of Ay[2][3] or early during the reign of Tutankhamun, before Horemheb ruled as pharaoh.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Martin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004, pg 154, ISBN 0-500-05128-3
  3. ^ Martin, Geoffrey T. The Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great (New Aspects of Antiquity) Thames & Hudson. 1992 ISBN 978-0500276662
  4. ^ Dijk, J. van, The New Kingdom Necropolis of Memphis, Historical and Iconographical Studies (Groningen, 1993).