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Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period (probably 1323 – 1319 BC or 1327 ...
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Pharaoh Aye married Ankhesenamun but died three years after assuming power. ... Search HowStuffWorks and the web ... Bone Detectives: Pharaoh's Servant...
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After the wedding she disappeared from the historical record completely. In the pictures in his tomb that show Aye as Pharaoh, only his original wife is pictured, never Ankhesenpaaten.
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Ancient Egyptian History: Ay (Aye) ... Ay (Aye) was the second last Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom. It is thought that he ruled Egypt for four years from around 1323BC, however, he had been the vizier of both Akhenaten Tutankhamun and possibly also of Smenkhare.
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"Pharaoh," said Aye, "she is my daughter, and I have always given her the benefit of the doubt, discounting the dreadful stories brought to me from time to time. No longer! I now believe all the evil I have ever heard about her.
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The life and mysterious death of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen, better known as King Tut. ... Judgement of the Pharaoh: Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley presents the other side of the story -- according to the author of this book, Tutankhamen wasn't murdered.
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In fact, we learn from Hittite archives that Ankhesenamun wrote to Suppiliumas, the Hittite king, requesting one of this sons for her to marry and make pharaoh. After some investigation by Suppiliumas, this request was granted, but his son, Zannanza was killed en-rout while traveling through Syria.
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