Beketaten (14th century BCE) was an Ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th dynasty. She was the youngest daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his Great Royal Wife Tiye, thus the sister of Pharaoh Akhenaten^[1]. (Redirected from 14th century BCE) (15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC - other centuries) (1400s BC - 1390s BC - 1380s BC - 1370s BC - 1360s BC - 1350s BC - 1340s BC - 1330s BC - 1320s BC - 1310s BC - 1300s BC - other decades) (3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) Events... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Eighteenth Dynasty. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Nebmaatre The Lord of Truth is Re Nomen Amenhotep Hekawaset Amun is Satisfied, Ruler of Thebes[2] Horus name Kanakht Emkhaimaat The strong bull, appearing in truth Nebty name Semenhepusegerehtawy One establishing laws, pacifying the two lands Golden Horus Aakhepesh-husetiu Great of valour, smiting the Asiatics Consort(s) Tiye... Great Royal Wife (or ḥmt nswt wrt) is the term used to refer to the chief wife of an Egyptian pharaoh on the day of his coronation. ... Tiye. ... Neferkheperre-waenre Beautiful are the forms of Re, the one of Re Nomen Akhenaten He who is beneficial to the Aten (after Year 4 of his reign) Amenhotep Horus name Meryaten Nebty name Wernesytemakhetaten Golden Horus Wetjesrenenaten[1] Consort(s) Nefertiti, Kiya Meritaten, Ankhesenpaaten Issues Smenkhkare? Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten...

Her name means "Handmaid of Aten", which indicates she was born during the Amarna period, and since on pictures she seems to be the same age as Akhenaten's daughters, some see this as an evidence of a long co-regency between Amenhotep III and Akhenaten. She was depicted in the Amarna tomb of Huya twice. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna) is the name given to an extensive archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. ...

It is also possible she was identical with another daughter of the royal couple, Nebetah, who ceases to be mentioned around the time when Beketaten appears^[2]. Nebetah was one of the daughters of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III of the 18th dynasty and his Great Royal Wife Tiye. ...

Her only known title is King's Daughter of his Body. It is likely that she died at a young age; after Queen Tiye's death she is never mentioned again.

Sources

1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.154
2. ^ Joyce Tyldesley: Nefertiti – Egypt's Sun Queen