Mutemwiya (also Mutemwia, Mutemweya; "Mut in the divine bark") was a minor wife of Thutmose IV, pharaoh of Egypt, in the Eighteenth Dynasty. She was the mother of Amenhotep III. It is certain she received many of her titles – including that of Great Royal Wife – only after her husband's death, when she gained prominence as the new pharaoh's mother. During Thutmose's rule, only his two other wives, Nefertari and Iaret bore the title of Great Royal Wife. For other uses, see Mut (disambiguation). ... Menkheperure Established in forms is Ra Nomen Thutmose Thoth bore him Consort(s) Tiaa, Mutemywia Issues Amenhotep III Father Amenhotep II Mother Tiaa Died 1391 BC or 1388 BC Burial KV43 Menkheperure Thutmose IV (d. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... The Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (1550-1292 BCE) - often combined with the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties under the group title, New Kingdom - is perhaps the most famous of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. ... 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) Tiy... 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. ...

She is shown in the Luxor temple, in the scenes depicting the divine birth of her son Amenhotep. A statue, which shows her in a boat was found in Karnak and is now in the British Museum; originally it had been probably taken from her mortuary temple. Along with her daughter-in-law Tiye, she is also shown on the Colossi of Memnon erected by Amenhotep III.^[1] The River Nile at Luxor Pharaonic statue in Luxor Temple Hot-air ballooning in Luxor Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of the Al Uqsur governorate, population approximately 200,000. ... Map of Karnak, showing major temple complexes Interior of Temple Al-Karnak (Arabic الكرنك, in Ancient Egypt was named Ipet Sut, the most venerated place) is a small village in Egypt, located on the banks of the River Nile some 2. ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Buro Happold and Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ... Tiye. ... The Colossi of Memnon The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. ...

While she has been occasionally identified with a daughter of King Artatama of Mitanni--in an attempt to give her an exotic origin--no evidence proves that they are at all the same person and nothing is known of her own background.^[2] 1. ...

Mutemwiya's titles:^[3]

• God’s Wife (hm.t-ntr)
• Great King’s Wife (hm.t-niswt-wr.t)
• Lady of The Two Lands (nb.t-t3wy)
• Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hm.t-nisw.t-wr.t mery.t=f)
• Hereditary Princess (iry.t-p`.t)
• Great of Praises (wr.t-hzw.t)
• Sweet of Love (bnr.t-mrw.t)
• Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnw.t-Shm’w-mhw)
• God's Mother (mwt-ntr)

The date of her death is unknown, but she is believed to survive deep into her son's reign due to her presence of the Colossi of Memnon as well as a mention of her wine estate on a wine-jar label from Amenhotep III's Malkata palace in Thebes.^[4] She was buried in Thebes. Malkata (or Malqata) is a place located on the west bank of Thebes, Egypt, in Egypt, in the desert south of Medinet Habu. ... Two important places in antiquity were called Thebes: Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia. ...

References

Further reading

• Grajetzki, Wolfram (2005) Ancient Egyptian Queens – a hieroglyphic dictionary
• David O'Connor & Eric Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on his reign, University of Michigan Press, 1998

See also

• Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt Family Tree