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Encyclopedia > Nitocris I (Divine Adoratrice)

Nitoqret reigned as Divine Adoratrice of Amun for over fifty years. During her time, the Assyrians invaded and Thebes was sacked, the temple robbed of its treasure. When she was in her eighties, she adopted her great-niece Ankhnesneferibre, the daughter of Psammetik II. The title Divine Adoratrice of Amun can be seen as a resurgence of the title Gods Wife of Amun which had fallen out of use until the 19th Dynasty, where Ramses IVs daughter Aset held the role, as well as the additional title of Divine Adoratrice. ... Languages Assyrian, Chaldean, Turoyo Religions Christianity Related ethnic groups other Semitic peoples Assyrians are an ethnic group whose origins lie in what is today Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria, but who have migrated to the Caucasus, North America and Western Europe during the past century. ... Thebes For the ancient capital of Boeotia, see Thebes, Greece. ... Psammetichus II (also spelled Psammeticus, Psammetich, and Psamtik II) was a king of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt (595 - 589 BC). ...


When she died, she was buried in the grounds of Medinet-Habu. Medinet Habu from the air Medinet-Habu is the mortuary temple of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III. It is located on the west bank of the River Nile at Thebes, Egypt, south of the morturary temple of Tutankhamun/Horemheb. ...

Preceded by:
Amenirdis II
Divine Adoratrice
Succeeded by:
Ankhnesneferibre


 

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