Thuya

Thuya
Thuya's mask
Gilded cartonnage mask of Thuya in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Other namesThuyu, Tjuyu
SpouseYuya
ChildrenTiye and Anen, possibly Ay
RelativesAkhenaten (grandson)
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Thuya
in hieroglyphs

Thuya (sometimes transliterated as Touiyou,[1] Thuiu,[2] Tuya,[3] Tjuyu or Thuyu) was an Egyptian noblewoman and the mother of queen Tiye, and the wife of Yuya. She is the grandmother of Akhenaten, and great grandmother of Tutankhamun.

  1. ^ Davis, Theodore M.; Maspero, G.; Newberry, Percy E. (1907). The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. London: Archibald Constable and Co. pp. XXV–XXX. ISBN 0-7156-2963-8.
  2. ^ Quibell, J. E.; Smith, Grafton Elliot (1908). Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu. Le Caire Impremerie De L'Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale. pp. I–VII.
  3. ^ Rice, Michael (1999). Who's Who In Ancient Egypt By Michael Rice By Samy Salah (2004 ed.). London: Routledge. p. 223. Retrieved 28 February 2022.