She was the daughter of Queen Tetisheri or “Teti the Small” and Senakhtenre Ahmose, and claimed as the sister and the wife of seventeenth dynasty king, Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao. Meryt-Neith also had another burial at Sakkara where archeologists found a solar boat which was believed to enable her spirit to travel with the Sun God in the Afterlife, an honor reserved normally for the king.Īhhotep I or Ahhotpe, which means “The Moon is satisfied”, was a 1560- 1530 BC Ancient Egyptian queen who ruled circa during the end of the Seventeenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. This tomb in Abydos or Tomb Y is unique among the otherwise exclusively male tombs. Two grave steles bearing her name were discovered near her tomb. Merneith’s tomb is close to Djet and Den’s tomb as her tomb is of the same scale as the tombs of the kings of that period. Her own stele contains symbols of the deity. Her ruling started in the thirtieth century B.C. She was the mother of Den, as clay seal found in the tomb of her son was engraved with “King’s Mother Merneith”. She is claimed as Djer’s daughter, and was probably the senior royal wife of Djet. Merneith or Meryt-Neith meaning “Beloved by Neith” was a consort and the first female Pharaoh who was the earliest queen regnant in recorded history of Ancient Egypt during the first dynasty. Her name is also found at Abydos, Hermopolis, Memphis, and in Nubia. It is claimed that expeditions were conducted during her reign to the turquoise mines in Sinai and Palestine and. Her statues have been found at Heliopolis and Thebes. The tomb was then usurped by Setnakht, and extended to become the deepest royal tomb in the valley, while Tawosret’s sarcophagus was reused by Amenherkhepeshef in KV13. Twosret’s KV14 tomb in the Valley of the Kings started in the reign of Seti II. This tomb also contained objects bearing the name of Rameses II. Theodore Davis discovered the Queen and her husband in a cache of jewelry in tomb KV56 in the Valley of the Kings. Twosret is claimed to start in Regnal year 9 which means that she had two independent years of rule. In Manetho’s Epitome, she is recorded as a certain Thuoris, who, by Homer, is called Polybus, the husband of Alcandara, and in whose time Troy was taken. Queen Twosret or Tausret, who was also known by her royal name, “Sitre Meryamun”, which means “Daughter of Re, beloved of Amun”, was the last known ruler and the final Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is also possible that Nitiqrty and Neterkare were separate individuals and without more evidence it is very hard to prove. Some modern historians have suggested that she was, in fact, male, while many also claimed that Nitiqrty or Neterkare never actually existed. Manetho was most likely confused by the similarity of the names Menkaura “the prenomen” or “throne name” of Nitocris and Menkaure. Ancient Egyptian historian from Ptolemaic era, Manetho, claims she built the third pyramid of Giza, which was later claimed by modern historians and archaeologists to have been built by the Pharaoh Menkaure of the Fourth dynasty. Then, to avoid the other conspirators, she committed suicide, possibly by running into a burning room. And she killed him by flooding the sealed room with the Nile. According to Herodotus, she invited the “king of Egypt” who killed her brother, to a banquet. Without having any archeological record, she is known to us only from the Turin Canon, Manetho and Herodotus. She was the daughter of Pepi II and Queen Neith and claimed as the sister of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, while she was also claimed as the last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty. Nitocris, also known as Queen Neterkare or Nitiqrty, means “The Soul of Re is Divine”.
And here is the list of 10 female Pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Egypt was also ruled by many great queens, and some of them are very popular due to their roles in ingenious pieces literature by famous novelists and poets, like Cleopatra. It is the land belonging to many great Pharaohs including King Tutankhamen and the land of the Sun God, Ra. We get to know about the biggest pyramid they made, the shivering tall statues, enormous temples, well-protected state of the art megacities and the darkest conspiracies of bygone age from him. When Greek historian and philosopher, Herodotus, came to Egypt, he was startled and stunned by the many beauties and marvelous creations of the Pharaohs in the blessing of river Nile.
Egypt, The land of magic and unknown ancient secrets, decorated with the greatest man-made structure of ancient world – the great pyramid of Giza, is a land of many treasures of our mankind.