Photo from Theodore M. Davis 



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"Queen Tyi deserves to rank with Queen Hatshensut as one of the two most remarkable 

 women whom Egypt has produced. ... In February, IQ05, Mr. T. M. Davis . . . 

 discovered the tomb of Yuaa and Thuaa, the father and mother of that Queen Tyi, whose 

 influence played so prreat a part in Akhenaten's religious reformation. It had becorne almost 

 an accepted belief that Tyi, whose influence was so pronouncedly pro-Mesopotamian, must 

 have been herself of Mesopotamian origin. The tomb of Yuaa and Thuaa, however, reveal 

 the fact that her parents were purely Egyptian, and . . . though probably not of royal 

 rank, Queen Tyi's parents were at least people of considerable importance" (see pages 991 

 and 999). 



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