Ankhesenamun

From Wikipedia:
"Ankhesenamen (b. Ankhesenpaaten, ca. 1348 – after 1324 B.C), which means She who lives through the Amun, was the third of six known daughters of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti.[1] Her youth is well documented in the ancient reliefs and paintings of the reign of her parents.

She was probably born in year 4 of Akhenaten's reign and by year 12 of her father's reign she was joined by her three younger sisters. He made his wife his co-regent and had his family portrayed in a realistic style in all official artwork.

She was the Great Royal Wife of at least two kings, her brother (or half-brother) Tutankhamum and his successor Ay.[2] She may have been the great royal wife of her father, Akhenaten, after the possible death of her mother and of his immediate successor, Smenkhkare who might have been her mother according to some scholars."

For my part, I always have a sympathy towards this princess. The death of her only companion, Tutankhamun, practically made her alone in this world. Abandoned, she's forced to marry someone she feared. She even forced to change her name (from Ankhesenpaaten to Ankhesenamun). In the end, no one knows what happened to her. No burial (which is essential in Ancient Egyptian religion) has ever been found. I believe she must had been killed by Ay, for she distrust him and considered him as her "subject" (this can be found in the Hittite Letters). What about you?

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