The Younger Lady

E473735

The Younger Lady is an unidentified ancient Egyptian royal woman, likely a queen of the 18th Dynasty and widely believed by scholars to be the mummy of Tutankhamun’s mother.

All labels observed (1)

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The Younger Lady canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th Dynasty individual
ancient Egyptian mummy
human remains
royal woman
ageAtDeath about 25 years
approximateDateOfDeath 14th century BCE
associatedWith Amenhotep II burial (KV35)
linked to: KV35

royal cache of mummies in KV35
bodyPosition reburied in side chamber of KV35
catalogCode KV35YL
causeOfDeath uncertain
country Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
discoveredBy Victor Loret
discoveredIn Valley of the Kings
discoveryYear 1898
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
foundInTomb KV35
geneticRelationship daughter of Amenhotep III
daughter of Tiye
full sister of Akhenaten
mother of Tutankhamun
hasImage CT scans and radiographs
hasInjury facial trauma
severe head wound
hasRelative Akhenaten
Amenhotep III
Tiye
Tutankhamun
housedIn Cairo Museum collection of royal mummies
identifiedBy DNA analysis published in 2010
locatedIn Egyptian Museum, Cairo
linked to: Egyptian Museum
mummificationStyle royal 18th Dynasty technique
possibleIdentity Beketaten
Kiya
Nebetah
Nefertiti
Tutankhamun’s mother
daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye
sister‑wife of Akhenaten
possibleRole queen consort of Egypt
royal princess of Egypt
researchField Egyptology
paleopathology
sexOrGender female
subjectOf 2010 JAMA study on Tutankhamun’s lineage
scholarly debate on identity
timePeriod New Kingdom of Egypt

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tutankhamun mother The Younger Lady
KV35 containsMummy The Younger Lady