Tentamun
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Tentamun or Tentamen is an ancient Egypt
ian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian feminine name. Its notable bearers are:
- TentamunTentamun (18th dynasty)Tentamun was an ancient Egyptian princess of the eighteenth dynasty; a daughter of Thutmose IV..Tentamun died in the same year as her father. Tentamun was buried in the Valley of the Kings in tomb KV43 together with her father and with a brother called Amenemhat.. A fragment of a canopic jar...
, a princess of the 18th dynasty, daughter of Thutmose IVThutmose IVThutmose IV was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC... - TentamunTentamun (20th dynasty)Tentamun was an ancient Egyptian queen, most likely the wife of Ramesses XI, last ruler of the 20th dynasty. She is mentioned on the funerary papyrus of her daughter Duathathor-Henuttawy, who was the wife of Pinedjem I and probably the daughter of Ramesses XI...
, a queen of the 20th dynasty, probably the wife of Ramesses XIRamesses XIRamesses XI reigned from 1107 BC to 1078 BC or 1077 BC and was the tenth and final king of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt. He ruled Egypt for at least 29 years although some Egyptologists think he could have ruled for as long as 30... - TentamunTentamun (21st dynasty)Tentamun was an ancient Egyptian queen, the wife of Smendes of the 21st dynasty. She is likely to have been the daughter of Ramesses XI, last ruler of the previous dynasty...
, a princess and queen of the 21st dynasty, wife of SmendesSmendesHedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled...
, probably the daughter of Ramesses XI