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A sld [rom II ishepsut P rincess 'ei I1 . Ire andthe ev -ral sons ol Rameses ll an l Hl, the idaughters or Akh n len, ad clerun lire al-rno Icenainl . the bcst-docum nted andmost-dept ted royal -oung ter lr m ancienttim e . let al II Phnra 01(; Egypt ne d ied premnturelv 35 apre. or} ung teen gl'r and [WI: ' o r them survrv d illbecom,r ca f R o ya l IV ; [h e Iate 0 the other, younger th ree' un-

record d. Th v \\ ere, in ord 'for iherr birth: Mentaten, Ieke-taren. Ankhesenpaatcn, ferneferuct n-ta heru, Iernefer-lire. nd eiepenrc, Pn bab ly no t m uch more limn a dozen vearsseparate the eld ~t lin d y ou ng ' I,although tht" can only bespeculated fmgmauc -l mama tnscrtpuons indicat [hell'po siblv \\ re two oth rr Jirlll e es. \1 maren-tas herll andAnkh -npaaten-ia heru (the appendage meanrng "the young-r"), b ut th eir le i -nuu are ob .ure. mctly speak tn there wert!two addiuonal prlnccsse a '~odated w trh E I Am arna, nehh r on eda u hter of A khenaien , nd Neferun : B rketa ren and M um djmct,

It is not certain \ hen the .ld 51 daughter, Meritaten,wr ~ born (birth da not b 10 9 recorded m ancient E~'Pt)he ", s rvcn un Area-name ("B eloved h~ ' A ien ) and her fa-ther ro d nO I han e his ow n n . ' I D C from ,' lerkh '['I ure A m-enh II P (1\') 10 kh inaten until Y r 5 0 1 hts reign; but shm ol} have been born 35 muc as a War or I\\,O prior to A men-hoiep J ''5 ~ -ession, and thus u is po: ilble lhat h had someunrecorded other birth name and urulerw ni a hang!:;l cr-itaten In 'Je:u 5 . r she may have been ivcn the ten-nam e

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T he n n~ 1 Amarna princess II the Ieasr kn ow n (and depleted)o N e fl !1 1i ti s an d Akhenatcns o lT sp r in l l. a n d the seco nd w ith ;I Rn am e : S ei ep e nr e (-Chosen b)' Re,. She W!IS p ro babl)' b orn on lysbonly before \~Ilr] 2. so sh e WIlS possibly even an inf.tnllllthill tim ,ahhough pre en ied liS. )'(lung ch ild In Ih e D u rb ar glllhcrlng of iheR oy al F am il) .S he \ s n pp nre mly 11150in the K ings House scene, It-ting on the lap of he r t [I I~ l tl ng 1 11 m er, as vld en ced by a fragment ofh er h an d. S ei ep e nr c v an is he s soon after Y~a r 12 an d so rnay b 3 \' C d ie dw hile slilljllst 11roddler, h IS I lO llnelud din Ihe R a)'al T om h I[sL ingwh re Nefemeferures II! me is p la st er ed o v er , so s he p os si bl y mayhave predeceased ncr just-elder ter, and ev n M I erar 11, and th usw nl'lil o f th e A mn rn a princesses t o d ic prematurelyThere is th e ([lIC lion uf Ih ' d l'-,uh r IW a dd lu on al A mn m:Jp ri nc e s s es , \\'110 b o re t he r ec or de d n am e s o f ~ i c riLn le JHn -he I a nd nkhesenpnaten-tasherh. II has been presum ed -as u ncom lon ab le as e:lll)' scholars o f the Arnarua period fo un d it-that thes e lnfam s w ere fa mer ed o n h is d au gh te rs , M cr iw Jc n an dAnkhescnpantcn respecdvely; b y Akhena t~n h tms Ir , lnce Mekwuenseems 10 h av e d ie d in chlldblrth, It I k el y rhnl he r f, iher h ad ir n-pregoated her" w ell. r r Metltal n \1. born a year o r 1WO beforeArnenhotcp I V c am 10 th e throne, as poshcd, sh e would h ov e b ee ncapable of h Idhearing (at age eleven or Iwcl\'d) b y Yc.1.r10 Of 11 ofth e TI!lgn. Thus. s ince ' cfCJ1 il i i s r ec or de d ( in th e Durbur 'ccnes).,sliIIlh 'in g in Y ear l2, a nd p ro ba bl y g h'L n!l b irt h to Set pen not longb ef or e t he n, A k hc na te n turning to his d.1\1ghlcrs n d perate quCSIfo r a m ale heir would have to have h en \\ I II th e G reat R ov al \\~ fesn


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Certalnly the Inclusion o C roynl princ n publ (and. m a oUd p r lv a re ) m on umen ts \\';15 po l! cy during the I'l sn or AlIlI!n-hotep Ill.' Ih one or more of h i f()ur k now n d aug biers (5 11:1 II1 cn.lset, Hcnuuaneb lind -In ne In IIlnC!! - e bc ta h) s ho wn oncotossi that the kin m i cd ~ l h mortuary temple (which a ls o d e-plcied TIyC' ,.nel Amcnlwlcp Uls mother. turemwiys), So kh~.c:nwas on l) ' rOIl()WilI8 (If ieederu WhCLl.. f i r s l McrillllclI,aM in 1 1 1 m 11Ih' th t~u8JllelS, were ncluded In the publi c record inee n l hi ng 1 1Msu rv lv ed to tOOl effecl. ills O UI known whether ArudihOl tpIII f emal t offspring " rc pr e em as well In fellef dL'CIlr:1l ns o f theirf ,IM' monunrems.I ike ihe ,\m;rm, prln eenalnly were (be-ginnln with krilPlen ~I IfIl1.Bmbcn),

Mch Ic~been wnuen bout the unique manner in whld!AI,heiuucn, cfertiti and their daughters were p~ nlcd11 1 tlu::I" el ih An T I 1 m period, l r one I 1013" III f l a C " val-lie Ihe bulk o C th e \'k 1c nC 'C . m e) ' w er e 9 grotc:squ b u ne h, l ik e 1I0thng seen before or dler" rds in ),0 00 yr.ors of :10 em gypJ ll ln p3 ln l-ln g a nd s cu lp Lu re ( 1C l1 I;n g ~ sid r ep mlc nt:l1 i 11$ of w e g od D es ), 1thas been proposed thol Ak h muen, IIllasl. wa s ph '5 cu.JI)' misshapenb)' genel ic s or l11at..d~dr nt . 1\1 th e OULSC'l o C IU s r eig n (o r Ihecon:g !IC Ywu h h i s f " Jl lI : r) . he" dtp4cltd preLt}' much in th e 1 01 1& -c :s ta bl i: sl ' d l I r represenung th e L ord of the Two Lam b - It r c :th ruler' [CC! m l h i 11 3" c h lnts o C indiVIduality. bill his ph queta nd :rrd ..Issu e m ale ld eal (b TO OO shouklers, I1IImlW wni I l in d h ip s..n;tl Iibdomcn, thew 'nrms n d IC &5 ).

During the latter part of hi mgll - " hen 1he -ealled "Ju-v eu ll lz at le n s ty le " w ill cITec 1- Am nliol"p I ll a ll ow e d (0 morelikely o m red) hi'" Iflo 1xd~lclcd as d ee d ed I) ' fal,uwhich be \'Cf)'probably WII by th m, So , In II progmrn to make his god and himscUunqu lignablr IInlqu ,A m nhoiep IVlAlUu::mllcndevised I n c ide',o f re r~enLlng the Aleft as a dIsk rathtr than h aw k -h ea de d I ln lh ra po -1 1 1 0 . , , 1 1 wlJh muhlple extended m)'s ending In hand nd cx .. ' er-su n ht s ow n (wand ph),siG1llndhidu;r ti t icsln ue h a n e xt re m ema nn er th m t he rt c ou ld b e n o d ou bt wh Cdcit) 'or ruler) wa s bclnrepresented. In shun, he ordered hi :.rltW It>h eme the first tlJOO-turlsts know n tn hi I"f)IO IllrlU ~ d~ l~ bll! lO ll, rds the end of A kh-(I1IItens reign I\'him to 1 1 2 1 e f:lew rearuf'CSthat c er tn in ly w o ul dn I turn hcatb or r. c c -ebrow : thal he w ns ovcrw ghl .. pol bell)': 1 1 1 < 1 GIll,I \'U)' prob sb lc in an)' c as e, e ve n lI S younger nun, we ll . .known COnltmpOfllI}' e r pe n on th e ,\ rtlOImn r rin d Ita.. . Id prl urelt hl ll U l ry Ithe i\m am a 1'O )'1l1.,m ily l 'C 1111"m",cI . o f femfa.

So It can be sarti), IU SIlm cd Ih" l d ert.iL i and the prill esscsII'CIt depicted ~r1}' on " 111rr 'Clt reflecuons o f 1M om sal cur icaturesor IdlClIIllcn h im 'I Cl f, ;a s e en In th rdl fs f ro m th e b eg ln nln g or rhereign nnd On fr: lgrneru; 'ooloss3 1 head 01 dem tl found lit E as l K ar .nllk. The "" ,, ,, ) "1118 scu lp ture d (unD . f li sbcd ) bends o r clrniti - fromlhe 1111m~ seutpeure workshop ilL EI In.1JT111- show her LO huvebeen q uue norm allooklng. even b C l l u U r u l (th e flerl!n I", I in p :r"lcu-br). I f o u e looks 3 t onl) ' the f O l c e s o r th sc ulp t d I I C 3 t I s of I)I~\':1. ousJlrlnecsses (three e ld es t? ) in lite h pld in ~ oflhe 1 m and B erU n E gyp -linn museums. !hey, 100. JtTC quue normsl cemleg an d even charm-in~ - if admtuedl 'Myll;;ed 1(1n coMlckt:lble d eg re e. - COIIUIUlGp.2

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It on l> ' w h n the grenly exaggerated cm nium s of these portruits aresakcn into con sid eratio n (c::spedQ llr In pI Ill ) III: t r h e c on sc io u sc on u nu tn g ~ "' Jl ca lu rl ng I~ re ad l1y appa ren t . 1 1 i s h ig hl y d o ub tf ul thatth e lillie g irls ' sk ulls h nd been bound In l n fan '- n order 10 causesuch nbnorm al d i ton lons - or that th is \ a s n "b orn Ih .lt \\ 'ilY - situ a-lio n fo r them.

t ho se s cu ll >t cd IOTS(l$ o f th e p n eessc s w hich h av e b eenfou nd are also resu ru en ts 10 the tru ention nl caricatu n g, T here 11ra th er P CT "t'[! ;c s ex ua l sln g o f th e p re pu be sc en t (o r ev en p ub esce m)n g \ l l ' C 5 , W Ih d cf in u e b re as ts . &=(1), ex aggerated bu uock s ~ od Ihighs ,sw ollen pub ic region , ev en ex tend d abd om en su ggeslin g extremef ec ul 1d h y ( If nOI ac tu al p re gn an cy ). T hese n rc dimirnnized v er sio ns o fthe same physical dtstonlor en In efcnnrs sculpted figu re - nndf\' n Ih31 o f A khenaten b im self - in rh e earlier scu lp ted rcpresem alions. th e Ensl K a rn ak c ol os si i n p ~r ll cu la r, a well as Ina ll th e r el ie fdepicllon s o f th m y:!! co up le .

5o . ",h :1 I u lt flI:n el)' b eca me o f th e A m arn n royal brood? A :s al-rend)' noted the youngesl p rincess, rep m e, seem s 10 h avedied a . t od dl er [ 10 1 lo ng a fle r th e D urb ar o f V ellr 12 . Amllh

Va o f D ow . g er -Q u ee n Tiye b th en re idelll 'Il t\kh"l'1lell) m a l' h av edeparted Ilbo Ullhe sam e dm e. Il has b ee n c on \' in ci ng l) " a rg u ed ll 1 1 1 1 1 1E g 'pt WIIS im pacted b)' n bubonic plague \ h ell had begun ra\. g inswesiern ,'\sl. abour m idw ay th rough the reign of A rncnho tcp III (po "slb l)'lI cC 'O un tin g f or th e p re matu re d eath u f C rO \ffll'r ln e T hu tm ose .thus dl!:\. lin g h is y ou ng er b rm he r, P riD L'C Am cn ho tc p. in to th e lin eo f success ion).

A econd W,l o f th e p nn dc m l t ru1) ' MVC a rriv ed in ca 'PI inYC': lr12 , b rought there by rh e m any fo reig n cm i~ r \ h o I lo ek ed 10Akheiatcn [0particlpet In the D urbar (w hich possibl m arked thend of th e oregency a nd C0 l 1111 ll !1 1~mentof k he na te n' s al e r ei gn ).

This is o nly s Pl'C U I~ II OI 1, of U I'S C.B u t e ve n N c fc rl it i a ls o a pp ea rs toI I;! d isap pe ar ed C ra m th e h isto ric al re co rd nUL lung"fler \' a 11(1.11) - unless, lIS sum ' scholn w ould have it. she t ransmogr if i edtnto A ni hk heperu re N cfcrncfcru mcn and ru led .. s Akhcllal n' core-gcnL T he G rcat R oy.,] WI le wa IHI I vlng 10 m ow n the death of an-uther I' n S.!'iC and daughter M e~m len, who is p resen t in thDurbar dcpicrions nnd so w a s d eased soo n after Y ear 12 .

M c kC la le n ppe:us lO 113\'Cd ied in ch ildb irth , or j l' I ; rfU:r-wards , lIS ev idenced from ~ dcathb d v ig IL'lie n Room Gam ma of theArn. ,rno1.Ro) 'a 1 Tomb . w hereln A khcnarcn and 'c.rertiti nrc seenm ournlng the p rin ce ss o n her deathbed, \ II I an In !' :: tn t b ei ng c ar ri edfrom the hemb r b y a n Ul Ills thoughi thnt t hi s m l il }"hnve beenthe Incestuous offsp ring of A khenaten , w h did no t uve long enoughto be g iv en th e III m e o r MekclBICl1lasheril:or ano t her view i!i lb.'1r he I nr :m l r ep re se nt s Mekct~LCnpo sth um ou sly > [)om _ll A b eu cr p reserv ed scen e in Rooll' G am ma sh ow s the secon d princess (or rath er, ;Istatue of her) stand in g in II sm al! b ow er b ein g III umed fly I te r p ar crus and three of her sister (M eril:uen, A nk hescnpaatcn and N efer-D e~ r ua re n-ra sh em ). F ro m e vid en ce o f ~ fl'W s,ln :u ph 'lg l f f".lg me nL Sfound. it o ppc ars th nt Meket.1lcn \V35 h uerred In the RO)'111 Tomb . itse co nd o ec up am ( Do w ag er -Q u ee n Ti ' e p r oh a bl y l l l I C < 1 d y r es ti ng t he rew ith in the gild ed sh rin e fO lln I dl m antled InKV35) .

T he re a re rw o n e ar ly i d en t ic a l deathbed mourmng sc nes InR oom A lphll of I n c Ru y. u T omb , It also w illI a ll in fa nt b ein c arriedlIWi.I)' b y a nurse, W ho e,~ actl, these dep ict cannot be deicrm ln d , as

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Wh at b ec am e o r Amnma p rin ce ss es four an d (1\ - N de rn er e r-u al en -I as hc ri l a nd N e fc rn ef er ur e -IsnO l kn ow n. Perhaps they WCTC th eo ther two \ hose deaths an: shown in the Room G3 mnu - (O lllln 'l< p. .3 2

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of the Ro)' :11Tomb_ Crnl1 .ln ly thc)' WCIl: r oyal , And l hC '1 'Cun : nol re~lI)'all)' olher csndldates I'C K il'~ ). O nly recently il 11 :> been "8 8 ledW t I he m ) Lcrious A nkbkhcp rnre Ncr"n1d"run~ , uue or Akhen-mens shon-rerm \KC;C: is !l()l" alh r Ihan PHO , 'crcmcfcrui en -t as he ri t, c lC \ '1 lI ed 1 0 G r t: lt Ro ' 3 1 \ r e ( LO r ep la ce h er deceased

m04llc:r) "lid th en ~ O ft:g cn L. in ce th e p Tf nc es s "ould likely have b 'CJ1no k1~t I h.U lIC '1 I h"n this supposedl ' happened . hseems unpeeba-bl he 1$' ft41Indh dual. especially with fWO older is. 1' 3 lillllvin .

Wa; o( those surv iving cid er pri S(S ~eril;l.l~n lidAnkhcscD pilllC n 1 T h ~ nnCT ~~ lu 1 lik '1)' the ame a. cor just n couple 0( yt',us older, Th' ICII:1g~!lUP'"qUldd .pr duced a m ale : c hild . w ho WI; gi,'cu I"~ II:IU,. 1\1l-nkhm 0. ( "A lt o's ! .h ;n ,g 1 m or"),

5 ihe pi ue I ' A J i c d on, and \I'llh n pt CI r produ Ingh ow n " Kin g' S on Q r lli~ Bad)'.' AI henm en 'k .. ':lIcd hi s brother(who bad a se oncbr) birth unme, DJCl 6 rkhcp eru, " Il ol y Mo .n lrC!> l> 'l ions") AShi. coreg nt, \ 'l ih rh e lhrone name nkhkhcpcmre ("LIvil1g M, rn tf ~l;II 00$ or ReO) an d the cpithet w hic b th e I.,,,: I:r~r1;li ha dborne, do:Jtu:[trU;l.Lc:n (ol\lco.'5 P cr fe cu on ") . \ V ia ll in it 'C cruR '-N cl meferumen mcnkhkareDj ritlleperu \ sale:Lord o r the Two L an ds , nd IcriC~len IV'" Ill,Gt ~LRopl \\ fe .Bu. n for Ion Whll ,.... ld ng rrcpas-.1ll ns io return to or-rhodox '. w ith an "Il(mnle ,"(WI! o f th e ooun (ro ln A kh cta ren b ack 10W. c1 r Mcnnl,r"r, l 0 1 'I tl ch p ro lnW l J .. "f ru "(C,,.\ Iltrr~IIC1lCS.or " J 11o ~tcll: 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 I . "hhh'JClIffIfJr

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