Nefertari Egyptian Queen. Her origins are uncertain, but she is believed to have been a member of the Egyptian nobility. She and Ramses, son of Seti I, married in their teens, before his asscension to the throne as Ramses II. She was apparently not only his primary, but his favorite among his eight principal wives. Nefertari had at least four sons and two daughters with Ramses including Prince Amun-her-khepeshef, Crown Prince and Commander of the Troops; Prince Meriatum, High Priest of Heliopolis; and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt Plot: QV66
Nefertari, Ahmose Egyptian Queen. She was born during the seventeenth dynasty, and was the sister and wife of Pharaoh Ahmose I. She became regent for her son, Amenhotep I, upon her husband's death and reigned until he reached adulthood. Her name appears on monuments from Saļ to Tura. She outlived her son, and was still alive during the first year of the reign of Thutmose I. She held the office of Second Prophet of Amun, but renounced the title when she became the first living, royal woman to be known as God's...[Read More] (Bio by: js) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt Plot: Original tomb unknown.
Queen Tia'a Egyptian Monarch. She was the secondary wife of Amenhotep II, the seventh ruler of the 18th dynasty c. 1427 BC, and mother of his heir Thutmosis IV. Very little is known about her as Amenhotep II never allowed publicity for his wives as some pharaohs had. Scholars believe that the lack of recognition of his queens and princesses was consciously done, restricting them and their ambitions after the example of Hatshepsut, who had kept his father, Tuthmosis III, from the throne for many years. Tia'...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Queen Tiye Egyptian Queen. Tiye was the daughter of Yuya, the King's Lieutenant of Chariots and Master of the Horse, and Thuyu the Superintendent of the Harem of Min of Akhmim and of Amun of Thebes. Tiye was also the niece of Mutemwiya, a wife to Thutmose IV making her Amenhotep III's first cousin and sufficiently royal to be his Great Wife. Tiye's parentage is a subject of frenzied debate. She was probably not full Egyptian. Her mother had Egyptian features, but her father did not - their tomb and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses I [original burial site] Egyptian Pharaoh. Born in the mid 14th century B.C.E. near Avaris on the far side of the Nile Delta from where Alexandria stands today. He was not of royal blood, his father Seti was a troop commander and judge. His original name was Paramessu. He became vizier during the reign or Horemheb, successor to Tutankamun, and held many important titles. He ultimately became co-regent with Horemheb and succeeded him as Pharaoh under the name Ramses (Ra Has Fashioned Him). He was a strong military...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses II [original burial site] Pharaoh. Known as Ramses the Great. Born the son of Pharaoh Seti I and Queen Tuya. Ramses was made a captain of the army at 10. During his father's reign, Seti made Ramses co-ruler. The prince often accompanied his father on campaigns or alternately held the kingdom while Seti was away. When he came to sole rule he was well experienced for his role. Ramses suceeded to the throne of Egypt when he was about twenty years old. He was the third ruler of the 19th Dynasty. In the fourth year of his...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses III Pharaoh. The second pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty, he ruled Egypt from about 1183 to 1154 BC. In year 8 of his reign, the Sea Peoples obliterated the Hittite Empire and invaded Egypt. Ramses III defeated them in two great battles but financially strapped his empire in the process. The first labor strike in recorded history occurred during the 29th year of Ramses' reign. He built additions to the temples at Luxor and Karnak, and his funerary temple and administrative complex at Medinet-Habu...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses IV Pharaoh. The son of Ramses III and his queen, Isis. He became crown prince in the 22nd year of his father's reign and succeeded as the third pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty. He ruled from about 1154 to 1148 BC. Some scholars claim Ramses IV presided over the court that tried those arrested in the so called Harem Conspiracy which led to the death of his father. He is largely known for his public...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses IX Pharoah. The eighth ruler of the twentieth dynasty, he oversaw a country beset with civil problems including a wave of tomb robberies, Libyan marauders, and high grain prices which led to shortages among the necropolis workers. Power seemed to have been split between Amenhotep, the high priest, who exercised all religious and many governmental functions in Thebes, while Ramses remained in his capital. His public works were limited and focused largely on the sun temple of Heliopolis in Lower...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses V Pharaoh. Born the son of Ramses IV and Queen Ta-Opet. He succeeded his father as the fourth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in a time when the power of the priesthood of Amun grew to the point that they controlled much of Egypt's land and directed the country's financial system. His reign was also marked by instability marked with raids from enemy tribes. Among his public works, he continued to build the temple at Dayr al-Bahri begun by Ramses IV. His own tomb was unfinished at his death, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses VI Pharaoh. Likely a son of Ramses III by Isis-ta-Habadjilat, he was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty, reigning from about 1145 BC to 1137 BC. Scholars conjecture that he may have seized power after deposing his predecessor, Ramses V, during a dynastic struggle, usurping his public works and annexing his tomb (now designated KV9) for his own use. He was the last Pharaoh to utilize the copper mines in Sinai. Egypt suffered a progressive political and economic decline during Ramses VI's...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses VII Pharaoh. A son of Ramses VI, he was the sixth pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, reigning from about 1137 BC to about 1130 BC. Scholars agree that his reign lasted from between 6 years and 10 months and 7 years and 5 months. During his reign, Egypt experienced a period of steep inflation, grain prices apparently climbed to triple their former levels. Any public works accomplished in his short reign were minimal. A remarkably small tomb was excavated for him at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses VIII Pharaoh. Succeeding Ramses VII as the seventh pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, he is unusual in the succession as he appears to have been one of the last sons of Ramses III or possibly another 20th dynasty pharaoh. His reign of about one year is almost undocumented, he is known only by his representation in a procession of princes in the memorial temple of Rameses III at Madinat Habu, and is mentioned in a stela and a single scarab. No tomb has been positively identified for Rames VIII, but some...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses X Pharaoh. A possible son of Ramses IX, he served as the ninth ruler of the 20th dynasty with a reign of perhaps 4 years. His reign is, however, is poorly documented. Ramses X was the last of his dynasty whose rule over Nubia is recorded. The kingdom, however was insecure, apparently Libyan marauders threatened, while tomb cutters were idle for long periods because rations due were in arrears. Apparently as a result, the tomb cut for the pharaoh appears to have been abandoned, still unfinished...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Ramses XI Pharaoh. Served as the tenth and last monarch of the 20th dynasty from about 1104 to 1075 BC. His reign was marked by a division of control in Egypt between the north and south. Persistent trouble from Libyan marauders threatened the West Bank of the Nile, tomb robberies, famine, and civil war wracked his reign. The power of the High Priest of Amun, Amenhotep, who had himself depicted on the same scale as the pharaoh on two reliefs at Karnak, had reached the point where he became a threat to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Seti I Pharaoh. Born Seti Merenptah the son of Ramses I and his primary wife Queen Sitre, he became the second pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty ruling from 1291 to 1278 BC. Seti's foreign policy included campaigns to Palestine during the last months of his father's rule, an expedition to Syria close to his first year as pharaoh; he garrisoned cities in the Egyptian Syrian territory, crushed rebellion in Nubian Irem, plundered Palestine, and brought Damascus under Egyptian control. His Great Wife was Queen...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Seti II Egyptian Pharaoh. He ruled during Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty, coming to the throne in 1203 BC. His reign is known as a time of unrest, with plots against him by his enemies. The most serious of these was Amenmesse, possibly his half-brother, who for two years established himself as a rival Pharaoh and held control over Thebes and Nubia. While occupying Thebes Amenmesse ordered Seti's unfinished tomb in the Valley of the Kings vandalised and his inscriptions erased, but was later defeated by...[Read More] (Bio by: js) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt Plot: KV 15
Setnakhte Pharaoh. The first pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom Period, reigning from c. 1186 BC to 1183 BC. Setnakhte took the throne after establishing order following a period of chaos and civil war within Egypt. He put down rebellions, relieved the besieged cities of Egypt, bought back those who had gone into hiding, and reopened the temples. His origins are unclear, though some scholarship links him to the previous dynasty, possibly even a grandson of Rameses II. He ordered a tomb...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Siptah Pharaoh. The seventh ruler of the 19th Dynasty, Siptah ruled in name from c. 1194 to 1188 BC. He was perhaps the second son of Seti II by Queen Tiaa, and apparently succeeded to the throne as a boy because Seti II's chosen heir had predeceased the pharaoh. Seti II's Queen, Tausret, became the regent for the new pharaoh and under Siptah, the empire was largely controlled by Tausret and her Chancellor, Bay. Although the Chancellor was ordered executed in the fifth year of Siptah's reign, Tausret...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Sitre, Queen Egyptian Royalty. The Great Royal Wife and the Lady of Two Lands under Ramses I, widely regarded as the founder of the 19th Dynasty. She was the mother of his heir, Seti I. Because of Ramses' brief two year reign, little is known of him or his queen. Sitre's tomb did set a new precedent by being situated in the Valley of the Queens on the West Bank rather than in a secondary chamber in the pharaoh's tomb. Her tomb, however, was unfinished. Only a few paintings decorated the walls of the first...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola) Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt Plot: QV38
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