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Henuttawy was a daughter of Pharaoh Ramesses II and the Great Royal Wife Nefertari and half-sister of Merneptah. She is seventh on the lists of Ramesses's daughters and the second of two daughters whose mother is certain to have been Nefertari.
Duathathor-Henuttawy, Henuttawy or Henttawy ("Adorer of Hathor; Mistress of the Two Lands") was an ancient Egyptian princess and later queen.
Henuttawy (or Henttawy, Henuttaui) (ḥnw.t-t3.wỉ, “Mistress of the Two Lands [=Egypt]”, from ḥnw.t, 'mistress' and t3.wỉ, dual for t3, 'land') is the name of several royal ladies from Ancient Egypt.
Funeral set of princess Henuttawy: Cartonnage and Inner Sarcophagus ca. 950 BCE-900 BCE. The seemingly immutable system of Egyptian funerary practices and beliefs is actually an illusion, as they never ceased to evolve from the time of the Old Kingdom (2625−2130 BCE).
Henettawy’s outer coffin, shown here, is adorned with dressings, bracelets, rings and other jewelry that replicate the gold decoration often found on coffins of Egyptian rulers. It also bears a variety of protective symbols, as well as inscriptions and images invoking the blessings of the gods.
Queen Henuttawy was the daughter of Ramesses XI, the last king of Dynasty 20 (and therefore of the New Kingdom), whose power had eroded so much as to be limited to Lower Egypt. She was also the wife of the High Priest Pinedjem I, who represented the emerging power of Thebes in Upper Egypt.
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3 days ago · Menna’s wife, Henuttawy, appears in nearly every scene in the tomb chapel (a sculpture bust of her is in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo). Her primary title was the Chantress of Amun, a position occupied by noble women in the 18th dynasty.
