| Intro | Ancient Egyptian princess | ||||
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Princess Noble |
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| From | Egypt | ||||
| Type | Royals | ||||
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Ahmose-Sitamun or Sitamun was a princess of the early Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
Etymology
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| Ahmose-Sitamun in hieroglyphs |
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Name of this princess means “Child of the Moon, Daughter of Amun”.
Biography
Sitamun was the daughter of Pharaoh Ahmose I and sister of Amenhotep I. A colossal statue of hers stood before the eighth pylon at Karnak.
Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (DB320) and is today in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Her titles were: God’s Wife; King’s Daughter; King’s Sister.