Ankhesenamun
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Ankhesenamun was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Born Ankhesenpaaten, she was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Roy
Ankhesenamun gives flowers to Tutankhamun on the lid of an inlaid box from his tomb. Two children at bottom are either their offspring or the couple's symbolic representation.
Ring Bezel, with the name of Princess Ankhesenpaaten
Partially restored alabaster jar with two handles, bearing the cartouches of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, 18th Dynasty, from Gurob, Fayum, Egypt, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Statue of Amunet, with features of Ankhesenamun.
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty spanned the period
King Tutankhamun with his Great Royal Wife Ankhesenamun
Nefertiti was the queen consort and great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten and increasingly identified with the female pharaoh Neferneferuaten
Thutmose III was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Under his reign, Egypt's Kingdom reached its greatest expansion, from Kush in the south to the Hittite Empire in the north.
Head of an Early Eighteenth Dynasty King, depicting either Ahmose I, Amenhotep I or Thutmose I, c. 1539–1493 BC, 37.38E, Brooklyn Museum