inundation, 13, 68
Ishtar (goddess), 34, 35
Isis (daughter of Tiy), 29
Isis (goddess), 18, 76, 78, 143, 147, 158
Islam, 90, 148
Iunu (ancient Heliopolis). See Heliopolis
Iuty (sculptor), 186, 187
Jehovah, 89
Jomard, Edme, 181
jubilee. See Heb-sed
Judaism, 85, 88, 89, 90, 148
Julius Caesar, 97
Kadeshman-Enlil (King of Babylon), 27
Karnak Temple, 6, 16, 20, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 74, 94, 101, 102, 106, 117, 173 building works of Amenhotep III, 16–17, 69
building works of Amenhotep IV, 55–6, 57, 179
building works of Tutankhamen, 172
depictions of prisoners, 21
obelisks, 12, 58
pylons, 56, 59, 60
restoration stela, 171
talatat blocks, 57–8, 62, 64
Ka (soul), 17
Kemp, Barry J., 186
Kharu, 165
Khep (royal nursery), 47
Kheruef (steward of Tiy). See also TT 192 heb-sed, 30
tomb, 24, 25, 61, 71, 76, 79
Khnum (god), 16
Khonsu (god), 40, 68
King Lists, 7–8, 9, 180, 186
King’s House. See Amarna
Kiya (queen), 128–30, 129, 143, 146, 152, 153, 154, 158, 162, 163, 166, 168, 176, 188
Koran, 85
Kurigalzu (king of Babylon), 27
Kush. See Nabia
KV 35 (tomb of Amenhotep II), 174–6
KV 46 (tomb of Yuya and Thuyu), 22–3
KV 55 (tomb of unknown royal), 155–62, 163, 174
KV 58 (robbers’ cache), 177
KV 62 (tomb of Tutankhamen), 177
Lefebvre, Inspector, 189
Lepsius, Richard, 182
L’Hote, Nestor, 182
Libya, 150
linen, 103
Loeben, Christian, 152
Loret, Victor, 35, 174, 175
Louvre Museum, Paris, 39, 46, 82, 152
Luban, Marianne, 176
Luxor, 184 Temple, 17, 69, 72–3, 78
maat (concept), 71–2, 90, 93, 96, 171
Maat (goddess), 24, 62, 63, 79, 90, 172
Maathorneferure (Hittite princess), 42
Mahu (chief of police), 119, 120, 131
Malawi (modern town), 183
Malkata Palace, 7, 30–31, 37, 55, 84
Manetho, 96
Mansion of the Benben stone. See Hwt-Benben
Martin, Geoffrey T., 163
Maru-Aten. See Amarna
Mary Queen of Scots, 191
Maspero, Gaston, 19, 22–3, 140
Mayatu. See Meritaten
May (scribe and chancellor), 132
Medinet el-Gurob. See Gurob
Medjay, 119
Meketaten (daughter of Nefertiti) childhood, 52, 55, 114, 134, 140
death, 150–51, 152, 163, 165, 166–8, 167, 169
Meketaten-the-younger, 168
Memnon. See Amenhotep III: Colossi of Memnon
Memphis (northern capital), 16, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 56, 69, 70, 110, 112, 116, 179
Men (artist), 92, 95, 186
menit beads, 29
Menkheperure. See Tuthmosis IV
Merenptah (king), 18
Merimose (viceroy), 33
Meritaten (daughter of Nefertiti), 47, 98; pl.18 at Amarna, 52, 55, 109, 114, 116, 119, 120, 121, 127, 128, 134, 139, 140, 152, 163, 164, 168
at Karnak, 58, 59
as queen, 153, 158, 166, 168, 170, 178
Meritaten-the-younger, 168
Meryre II (steward of Nefertiti), 150, 170, 181
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 23, 25, 158
Min (god), 20, 67, 99 temple, 17
Minieh (modern town), 182
Mitanni, 12, 26, 27, 34, 42, 44, 45, 113, 123, 129
Mnevis bulls, 116
monotheism, 4, 85, 88, 90, 173
Montu (god), 16–17
Moses, 90
music, 123–4
Mutemwia (queen), 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 58, 79, 80
Mut (goddess), 40, 48, 64, 68, 91 temple, 16
Mutnodjmet (sister of Mefertiti), 48, 135
Mutnodjmet (sister of Nefertiti), 24, 48–9 queen, 179
Nakht (official), house of, 127–8
Napkhururiya. See Akhenaten
Narmer (king), 62
Nebetah (daughter of Tiy), 29, 138
Nebmaatre Amenhotep III. See Amenhotep III
Neferkheperure Waenre. See Akhenaten
Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti. See Nefertiti
Neferneferuaten-the-younger (daughter of Nefertiti), 52, 54, 152
Neferneferure (daughter of Nefertiti), 52, 54, 152, 168
Neferteni (name), 46
Nefertiti (queen), 1–2, 37, 49, 86, 96, 121, 173, 179, 186 at Amarna, 116, 119, 134
as Ankheperure Neferneferuaten, 154–5, 163
as Ankheperure Smenkhkare (See Smenkhkare)
appearance and dress, 4, 49–52, 59, 59, 81, 99, 100–101, 102–3, 104–7, 105, 114, 120, 129, 134–5, 136, 142–6, 164–5, 176, 186, 191
Berlin bust, 8, 185, 188–92
co-regent, 142, 155, 164
death, 116, 153, 158, 171, 178
disappearance, 155, 164
disgrace, 153–5
family groups, 82, 108, 114, 119, 127, 134, 135, 137, 139–40, 151, 152, 170
at Heb-sed, 66
image, 1, 2, 186;
pl.12, pl.14, pl.17, pl.19 at Karnak, 58–62 (See also Hwt-Benben)
marriage, 3, 42, 79, 121
motherhood, 3, 52, 54–5, 98, 109, 152, 162–3, 165, 166;
pl.16 name, 9, 41–2, 45, 129, 153
as Neferneferuaten-Nefertiti, 9, 55, 64, 64–5, 87, 153, 154
origins and family, 40–49, 89, 96, 128–9, 176, 179
persecution of memory, 7, 60, 172, 180, 181
political role, 6, 80, 112, 140–46, 164, 192
religious and ritual role, 5, 59, 60–63, 61, 76, 79–81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 90, 101, 103–5, 107, 123–4, 126, 127, 134, 145–9, 158, 165, 172
as tourist symbol, 2, 189
Nefertum (god), 40
Nefert-Waty (name), 45
Neith (goddess), 147
Nephthys (goddess), 143, 147
Newton, Francis, 186
Nile, River, 2, 7, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 26, 31, 67, 68, 79, 87, 110, 118, 119, 127. See also inundation Cataract, 13
Valley, 112
Nimmuaria. See Amenhotep III
Ninevah, 34
Nabia, 2, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 24, 56, 113, 147, 150, 165
obelisk, 12, 58, 70, 74, 126
obesity, 32
Oedipus complex, 5
Opet Festival, 17
Orus (unknown king), 96
Osiris (god), 18, 39, 40, 43, 54, 76, 87, 94, 137, 144, 147
Ottoman Empire, 26
Paglia, Camille, 192
Panehesy (temple official), 31, 81, 82, 126, 144
Parennefer (royal butler), 50, 122, 131, 132, 134, 135. See also TT 188
Pasi (soldier), 143
Peet, T. Eric, 186
Pendlebury, John, 124, 127, 153, 183, 186
Per-Aten. See Amarna: Great Temple of the Aten
Per-Hai. See Amarna
Petrie, W. M. Flinders, 20, 43, 52–3, 96, 97, 116–17, 124–5, 127, 184
Pi-Ramesses (capital), 7, 112
plague, 151, 152, 153, 166
Pollock, Dr, 159
Prisse d’Avennes, A. C. T. E., 182
Prudhoe lions, 161
Psalm 104, 85
Ptah (god), 16, 39, 40, 70
Punt, 72 Queen of, 32
Puy (royal ornament), 88
queen. See women
race, 21–2
Ramesses II (king), 7, 42, 57, 71, 112, 179
Ramose (vizier), 24, 50, 51, 60, 95, 134, 170. See also TT 55
Ranefer (Old Kingdom nobleman), 189
Redford, Donald B., 89
Red Sea, 113
Re (god), 11, 12, 20, 24, 28, 37, 52, 58, 63, 69, 71, 76, 86, 90, 91, 92, 153, 161 eye of, 63
origins of cult, 69–70
Re-Harakhty (god), 70, 76, 79, 90 appears in dream, 12
at Karnak, 56, 106
Riefstahl, Elisabeth, 119
Rossetti, Gabriel D., 93
Ruy (lady), 92
sacred boat, 17
Sakkara, 16, 39
Samson, Julia, 100, 101, 140–41, 191–2
Sayce, A.H., 156, 184–5
sebakh, 7, 8, 182
Second Death, 180. See also damnatio memoriae
Sedeinga temple, 24
sed festival. See heb-sed
Sekhmet (goddess), 24, 25, 34, 40
Selket (goddess), 147
Senwasret I (king) White Chapel, 16
Septimus Severus (emperor), 18
Serapeum, 16
Setepenre (daughter of Nefertiti), 52, 152, 166, 168, 170
Seth (god), 40
sexuality and sexual behaviour, 33, 104, 123, 146
Sheik Abd el-Gurna (burial site), 20
Shu (god), 78, 79, 83, 90, 91, 99, 101, 104, 105, 146
Shuttarna (king of Mitanni), 27, 28, 29
Sikket es-Sultan. See Amarna: Royal Road
Simon, James, 189
sistrum, 24, 29, 58, 59, 60, 114, 123, 146
Sitamen (daughter of Tiy), 29, 31, 47, 174
Smenkhkare (king), 154, 155, 158, 162, 163–4, 166, 168–70, 170, 174, 176, 180; pl.18
Smith, G. Elliott, 12, 35–6, 157, 160, 175
Smith, Ray Winfield, 60
smiting scenes, 61, 62, 101, 143, 145, 146, 177
Sobek, pl.1
Sobeknofru (female king), 141
social structure, 2–3, 15
Society for the Preservation of the Monuments of Egypt, 124
Sohag (modern town), 19
Soleb, 56, 71, 161
sphinx, 2, 12, 17 queen as, 24–5, 61, 64, 146, 179
Sprengel’s deformity, 177
Sunday Times, 176
Sun disc. See Aten
sunshade temples, 80, 125, 126, 128, 129, 135
Suppiluliumas (king of the Hittites), 177–8
Syria, 2, 12, 13, 21, 26, 34, 172
Tadukhepa (princess of Mitanni), 29, 42–3, 44, 49, 122, 123, 129
talatat blocks, 57, 60, 62, 64, 65–6, 75, 117
Tale of Two Brothers, 129
Ta-Miu (cat), 39
Taweret (goddess), 83–4, 85
Tefnut (goddess), 24, 25, 64, 78, 79, 83, 101, 104, 105, 143, 146, 179
tell, 9
Tell Amarna. See Amarna
Tell el-Amarna. See Amarna
Tetisheri (queen), 79
Tey (wife of Ay), 9 as nurse, 46–8, 178
as queen, 178
titles and rewards, 46, 134;
pl.15 tomb, 49, 134, 178
Thebes (southern capital), 7, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 30, 35, 37, 51, 52, 55, 57, 65, 67, 68, 71, 101, 105, 110, 112, 113, 116, 117, 119, 125, 126, 132, 140, 143, 146, 153, 161, 171, 174, 178, 183, 186, 188. See also Karnak; Luxor
Thoth (god), 11, 16, 45
Thuyu (mother of Tiy), 19–20, 21–2, 41, 47, 161, 175; pl.7, pl.8 burial, 22–3, 84
titles, 20
Tia (nurse), 82
burial, 157, 158–60, 174, 175
death, 152, 159, 165
family and origins, 19–23, 38, 41, 42, 47, 82, 89
as Hathor, 24
influence over husband, 33, 45, 99
influence over son, 5, 33, 45, 79–80, 186
as Maat, 24
marriage, 19, 63
monuments, 6
motherhood, 29, 78, 138
pleasure lake, 30–31, 69
political and religious roles, 5, 23–5, 29, 63, 71, 78, 79–80, 81, 126, 147
Sedeinga temple, 24, 147
as sphinx, 24–5, 61, 64
as Taweret, 84
titles, 23, 99
widowhood, 44–5, 135–8, 136
tomb robbery, 182, 184–5
toothache, 33
Torah, 85
triads. See divine triads
Troy, 18
TT 55 (tomb of Ramose), 24, 50, 51
TT 188 (tomb of Parennefer), 50
TT 192 (tomb of Kheruef), 24
Tunip, 34
Turin erotic papyrus, 123
Museum, 84
Tushrata (king of Mitanni), 14–15, 28, 34, 42, 43, 44–5, 80
Tutankhamen (king), 71, 147, 161, 164, 173–4, 175, 177, 178, 180 death, 177, 178
discovery of tomb, 1, 189 (See also KV 62 (tomb of Tutankhamen))
parentage, 161, 162, 163
restoration of religion, 171–3, 179
sarcophagus, 148, 157
as Tutankhaten, 155, 170, 171
Tuthmosis I (king), 39, 54, 141
Tuthmosis II (king), 39, 54
Tuthmosis III (king), 19, 54, 142
Tuthmosis IV (king), 11, 12, 27, 58, 69, 72, 74, 161, 174
Tuthmosis (name), 45
Tuthmosis (sculptor), 8, 94, 165, 186, 191. See also Berlin bust excavation of workshop, 8, 185, 186, 187–8
Tuthmosis (son of Amenhotep III), 29, 35, 39
Tutu (chamberlain and treasurer), 122, 131–2, 133
Tyndale, Walter, 159
uraeus, 50, 59, 63, 64, 75, 91, 102, 114, 129, 135, 144, 147, 156, 157, 178 double, 29, 63, 102, 147
Valley of the Kings, 17, 22, 35, 155, 174. See also KV
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 5, 138
Venus figure, 104
Virgin Mary, 149
Wadi Hammermat, 113
Weigall, Arthur, 5–6, 22, 85, 93, 97, 159–60
Weret Hekau, 172
Western Valley, 35. See also WV
wet-nurse, 46–7, 48, 166
Wiedemann, Dr, 156
wigs, 15, 21, 25, 29, 50–52, 59, 102, 105, 106, 109, 114, 129, 135, 143, 144, 147, 156, 168
Wilkinson, John Gardiner, 181–2
Window of Appearance, 50, 51, 53, 124, 134, 143, 170
women contemporary attitudes, 183
queen’s retinue, 48
in religion, 58
representations, 8, 92, 103, 106
role of the queen, 24, 58, 79, 99, 104, 141–2
status, 3, 40–41, 99
Woolley, Leonard, 83, 186
WV 22 (tomb of Amenhotep III), 35
WV 23 (tomb of Ay), 178
York University, 176
Younger Lady, 175–6
Yuya (father of Tiy), 19, 21–2, 41, 47; pl.5, pl.6 burial, 22–3, 84
name, 21
titles, 19, 47
Zannanza (prince of the Hittites), 178