The Younger Lady

E473735

The Younger Lady is an unidentified ancient Egyptian royal woman, likely a queen of the 18th Dynasty and widely believed by scholars to be the mummy of Tutankhamun’s mother.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Younger Lady canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th Dynasty individual ⓘ
ancient Egyptian mummy ⓘ
human remains ⓘ
royal woman ⓘ
ageAtDeath about 25 years ⓘ
approximateDateOfDeath 14th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Amenhotep II burial (KV35) ⓘ
linked to: KV35

royal cache of mummies in KV35 ⓘ
bodyPosition reburied in side chamber of KV35 ⓘ
catalogCode KV35YL ⓘ
causeOfDeath uncertain ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
discoveredBy Victor Loret ⓘ
discoveredIn Valley of the Kings ⓘ
discoveryYear 1898 ⓘ
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
foundInTomb KV35 ⓘ
geneticRelationship daughter of Amenhotep III ⓘ
daughter of Tiye ⓘ
full sister of Akhenaten ⓘ
mother of Tutankhamun ⓘ
hasImage CT scans and radiographs ⓘ
hasInjury facial trauma ⓘ
severe head wound ⓘ
hasRelative Akhenaten ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ
Tiye ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
housedIn Cairo Museum collection of royal mummies ⓘ
identifiedBy DNA analysis published in 2010 ⓘ
locatedIn Egyptian Museum, Cairo ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Museum
mummificationStyle royal 18th Dynasty technique ⓘ
possibleIdentity Beketaten ⓘ
Kiya ⓘ
Nebetah ⓘ
Nefertiti ⓘ
Tutankhamun’s mother ⓘ
daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye ⓘ
sister‑wife of Akhenaten ⓘ
possibleRole queen consort of Egypt ⓘ
royal princess of Egypt ⓘ
researchField Egyptology ⓘ
paleopathology ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
subjectOf 2010 JAMA study on Tutankhamun’s lineage ⓘ
scholarly debate on identity ⓘ
timePeriod New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tutankhamun → mother → The Younger Lady ⓘ
KV35 → containsMummy → The Younger Lady ⓘ