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title: Queen Tiye Bust
author: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5432/queen-tiye-bust/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2024-07-19
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# Queen Tiye Bust

_Authored by Miguel Hermoso Cuesta_

## Image File

[![Queen Tiye Bust](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5432.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5432.jpg)

## Image Caption

Bust of the [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) queen [Tiye](https://www.worldhistory.org/tiye/) (1398-1338 BCE), wife of the [pharaoh](https://www.worldhistory.org/pharaoh/) [Amenhotep III](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amenhotep_III/), mother of [Akhenaten](https://www.worldhistory.org/Akhenaten/), and grandmother of both [Tutankhamun](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tutankhamun/) and [Ankhsenamun](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ankhsenamun/).

Altes Museum, Berlin.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cuesta, M. H. (2016, July 29). Queen Tiye Bust. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5432/queen-tiye-bust/>
### Chicago
Cuesta, Miguel Hermoso. "Queen Tiye Bust." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 29, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5432/queen-tiye-bust/>.
### MLA
Cuesta, Miguel Hermoso. "Queen Tiye Bust." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Jul 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5432/queen-tiye-bust/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Head_of_Queen_Tiye_(Berlin)#/media/File:Berl%C3%ADn_Tiye_02.JPG) by [**Miguel Hermoso Cuesta**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Head_of_Queen_Tiye_(Berlin)#/media/File:Berl%C3%ADn_Tiye_02.JPG). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 29 July 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.