Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi). Daughter of Yuya and Tjuyu. She became the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. She was the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.
- "Boasting long reddish hair falling across her shoulders, the mummy was identified in February 2010 by DNA testing as Queen Tiye..." https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GcNxa0Q3h4QJ:https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42215810+&cd=15&hl=it&ct=clnk&gl=it
- "... Tutankhamun took a lock of her auburn hair to his grave." https://books.google.it/books?id=yxVNO_oFmWUC&pg=PA74...
- "... and a lock of her auburn hair, enclosed in a small coffin, was found in Tutankhamun's tomb." https://it.findagrave.com/memorial/7718982/queen_tiye
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