Great Royal Wife
Khenemetneferhedjet II |
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Great Royal Wife
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Reign | 19th century BC - 1879 BC (reign of Sesostris III)? |
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Predecessor | Khenemetneferhedjet I the Elder, Nofret II (wife of Senusret II) |
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Successor | Meretseger (other wife of Senusret III) |
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Born | Khenemetneferhedjet 19th century BC |
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Died | 19th century BC |
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Senusret III |
Ancient Egyptian | | Khenemetneferhedjet-Weret in hieroglyphs | Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) | | | |
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Dynasty | Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt |
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Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion |
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Khenemetneferhedjet II (Weret) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th Dynasty, a wife of Senusret III.[1]
She was one of four known wives of Senusret III, the other three were Meretseger, Neferhenut and (possibly) Sithathoriunet.[2] Her name was also a queen's title used in the era: khenemetneferhedjet means “united with the white crown”. She is mentioned on two of her husband's statues (now located in the British Museum and in the Egyptian Museum, respectively; the latter was found in Herakleopolis). She was buried in Pyramid IX in the Dahshur pyramid complex, where her jewellery was found in 1994.[1]
Her titles were: King's Wife and Great of Sceptre.[1]
According to researchers, the tomb had been thoroughly plundered by the time it was first excavated, the Queen's mummy completely ransacked for jewelry and badly damaged.[3] Analysis of the body revealed Weret was left-handed and the sharp nasal sills indicated a Caucasoid person. Overall, the remains revealed she lived a life of leisure, virtually free of all physical labor, and lived well into her seventies and was buried in a style befitting her royal status.[3]
Sources
- ^ a b c Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., p.96
- ^ Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3., pp.92, 96
- ^ a b Brier, Bob; Zimmerman, Michael (2000-09-18). "THE REMAINS OF QUEEN WERET". Chungará (Arica). 32 (1): 23–26. doi:10.4067/S0717-73562000000100005. ISSN 0717-7356.
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