Queens of the Ramesside Dynasty in New Kingdom Egypt

Ancient Egypt - Ramesside Queens Although not as influential as the queens of Dynasty XVIII, the Ramesside queens continued to play a prominent role. In the New Kingdom, the Queen became much more prominent and powerful. She acquired in her own right secular and religious titles that carried with them genuine jobs to do and estates with land, servants and administrators to provide an independent income. The title God's Wife of Amun provided the queen …showed first 75 words of 927 total…

…showed last 75 words of 927 total…than Nefertari, Tuya, Tiy and Istnofret alike. She acted as the last Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty ruling over Egypt for 2 years, from about 1188-1186 BC, according to traditional Egyptian chronology. She took over from her step-son Siptah, who suffered from ill-health (probably polio) and her burial (is perhaps significant of her importance) as she was buried in the Valley of the Kings (KV14) and had a mortuary temple built for her near the Ramesseum.