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Ahmose-Meritamun
Ahmose-Meritamun (or Ahmose-Meritamon) was a Queen of Egypt during the early Eighteenth Dynasty. She was both the older sister and the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep I. She died fairly young and was buried in tomb TT358 in Deir el-Bahari.
Neferure
Neferure or Neferura (, meaning The Beauty of Re) was an Egyptian princess of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the daughter of two pharaohs, Hatshepsut and Thutmose II. She served in high offices in the government and the religious administration of Ancient Egypt.
Tjuyu
Thuya (sometimes transliterated as Touiyou, Thuiu, Tuya, Tjuyu or Thuyu) was an Egyptian noblewoman and the mother of queen Tiye, and the wife of Yuya. She is the grandmother of Akhenaten, and great grandmother of Tutankhamun.
Khentkaus II
ancient Egyptian queen consort
Ahmose-Sitkamose
Ahmose-Sitkamose, sometimes appearing as simply Sitkamose was a princess during the late 17th-early 18th Dynasties of Egypt.
Ahmose-Sitamun
Ahmose-Sitamun or just Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
God's Wife of Amun
highest-ranking priestess of the Amun cult
Arty
ancient Egyptian and Nubian queen consort
Iset
ancient Egyptian princess and priestess
Divine Adoratrice of Amun
complimentary second title for the chief priestess of the ancient Egyptian deity Amun, along with God's Wife of Amun
Karomama Meritmut
ancient Egyptian priestess, God's Wife of Amun
Kemsit
Kemsit () was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, the wife of king Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (TT308) and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Henhenet, Kawit, Sadeh and Mayet. Most of them were priestesses of Hathor, so it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is also possible that they were the daughters of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.
Hetepheres
Egyptian princess who lived during the 4th dynasty
Tabekenamun
Tabekenamun (Tabakenamun) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
Neferhetepes
thumb|170px|Statue of Neferhetepes Neferhetepes (nefer-hetep-es; nfr-ḥtp-s, "Her Peace/Grace Is Beautiful") was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 4th Dynasty; a daughter of Pharaoh Djedefre who ruled between his father Khufu and his brother Khafre. Her mother was Hetepheres II.
Henutmehyt
Henutmehyt was the name of a Theban priestess of ancient Egypt, who lived during the 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC. The excessive use of gold, and the high quality and detail of her coffins indicates that Henutmehyt was a wealthy woman.
Penthelia
Penthelia was an ancient Egyptian priestess-musician who served the creator god Ptah, the god of fire, in the temple of Memphis.
Henuttawy C
Egyptian priestess, wife of Smendes II
Gautseshen
Gautseshen (her name means 'bouquet of lotuses') was an ancient Egyptian priestess, the singer of Montu. She lived during the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt.
Sarcophagus of Sha-amun-en-su
Sha-Amun-en-su () was an Egyptian priestess and singer who lived in Thebes during the first half of the 8th century B.C. She was responsible for ceremonial duties at the Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the god Amun. Sha-Amun-en-su was a Heset, i.e., a member of the foremost group of singers with ritualistic functions active in the temple of Amun. After her death, which is estimated to have occurred around the age of 50, the singer was mummified and placed in a sarcophagus made of stucco and polychrome wood. Since its sealing, more than 2,700 years ago, Sha-Amun-en-su's sarcophagus had never bee
Meresamun
thumb|Left lateral view of Meresamun's coffin generated on a Philips Brilliance v4 workstation by M. Vannier. Meresamun ("Amun Loves Her") was an ancient Egyptian singer-priestess in the inner sanctum at the temple in Karnak. Her mummy, which dates to ca. 800 BCE, was on exhibit at the Oriental Institute of Chicago Museum of the University of Chicago from February 10 to December 6, 2009. A special exhibition, “The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt,” opened in February 2009 and provides a personal look into Meresamun's life.
Hui
ancient Egyptian priestess
Henut Taui
Egyptian priestess
Priestess of Hathor
Ancient Egyptian priestess at Dendera
Rahonem
Rahonem () was an Egyptian musician. She was the director of the female singers and tabour (drum) players in her temple.