Amenia Amenia was an

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noble lady, the first wife of

Horemheb Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab, Haremheb or Haremhab (, meaning "Horus is in Jubilation"), was the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1292 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 1319 ...

, the last ruler of the

Eighteenth Dynasty The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the era in which ancient Egypt achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty ...

.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004, pg 154, Very little is known about her, and she seems to have died during the reign of Ay or early during the reign of

Tutankhamun Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, (; ), was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he instituted the restoration of the traditional polytheistic form of an ...

, before Horemheb ruled as

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

Burial

Amenia was buried in the Memphite tomb of Horemheb in the upper suite in shaft IV, alongside his second wife

Mutnedjmet Mutnedjmet, also spelled Mutnodjmet, Mutnedjemet, etc. (), was an ancient Egyptian queen, the Great Royal Wife of Horemheb, the last ruler of the 18th Dynasty. The name, Mutnedjmet, translates as: "The sweet Mut" or "Mut is sweet." She was the s ...

. Amenia was represented in the tomb in both inscriptions and statues. She was possibly depicted in a scene in the great courtyard of the tomb, and in a scene in the entrance to the main chapel. She was shown in statues with Horemheb found in two of the chapels of the tomb. Columns in the Second Courtyard show her name Amenia and show her to be a Chantress of Amun.Geoffrey T. Martin, Excavations at the Memphite Tomb of Horemḥeb, 1976: Preliminary Report, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 63 (1977), pp. 13-19
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The British Museum double statue EA 36

In 2009, it was discovered that a hitherto unidentified double statue in the

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(EA 36) was in fact a statue of Horemheb and his wife Amenia. The statue was acquired by the British Museum in 1837 from the Anastasi collection. The double statue is somewhat different from other statues in that the wife is shown holding her husband's hand with both of hers. The three clasped hands had broken off. In 1976 the three clasped hands were found during the excavation of Horemheb's tomb. In 2009 a plaster cast was made of the clasped hands and the cast was used to show it was a perfect match for the British Museum double statue, thereby showing the statue was associated with Horemheb's Saqqara tomb.The British Museum double statue EA 36
from Saqqara.nl, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden and Universiteit Leiden. Said to be published in The Memphite Tomb of Horemheb V

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14th-century BC births People of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt 14th-century BC Egyptian people 14th-century BC Egyptian women 14th-century BC deaths Horemheb {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub