Tiaa was an Ancient Egypt

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 princess of the 18th dynasty

Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

The eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt...

. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose IV

Thutmose IV

Thutmose IV was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC...

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It is likely that she is the princess shown in the tomb of Sobekhotep (TT63). Canopic jar

Canopic jar

Canopic jars were used by the Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. They were commonly either carved from limestone or were made of pottery...

s that probably belong to her were found in the Valley of the Queens

Valley of the Queens

The Valley of the Queens is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as Ta-Set-Neferu, meaning –‘the place of the Children of the Pharaoh’, because along with the Queens of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties many princes and princesses...

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She died during the reign of her brother Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father Thutmose IV died...

. Her original burial place is not known. Her mummy was reburied during the 21st dynasty

Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt

The Twenty-First, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Fifth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Third Intermediate Period.-Rulers:...

 in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache

The Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache was discovered in 1857 by Alexander Henry Rhind. The tomb is located in the at the foot of the hills of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna near TT131. The tomb had been sealed with a wall carrying the seal of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The tomb contained bones, bandages and several...

, along with the mummies of several other royal princesses: Amenemopet

Amenemopet (princess)

Amenemopet was an Ancient Egyptian princess during the 18th dynasty, probably a daughter of Thutmose IV.She is mentioned in the Theban tomb of her tutor Horemheb...

 and Petepihu, who were probably her sisters; Nebetia

Nebetia

Nebetia was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th dynasty. She was the granddaughter of Pharaoh Thutmose IV and the daughter of Prince Siatum...

, her niece, and princesses Tatau, Henutiunu, Meritptah, Sithori and Wiay. Her mummy label identifies her as King's Daughter of Menkheperure. The tomb was discovered in 1857.