KIYA

Almost certainly the mother of Tutankhamun

KIYA'S PROFILE

Although the novel implies that Akhenaten had only two wives, in fact he had dozens and dozens, like his father. A relief in the tomb of Ay at Amarna suggests that Akhenaten had other wives such as Ipy, meaning "A Royal Ornament and true Favorite of the King." But Kiya was certainly the most important of these secondary' wives. In Amarna she had an entire palace as well as a temple named after her.

KIYA

Much of Kiya's funerary equipment has survived because it was re-used in the tomb known as KV55. The sarcophagus found in KV-55 and which held a mummy other than Kiya's was clearly made for her. Her Canopic Jars were also found there carved with the very image of her face.

KIYA'S CANOPIC JARS