The Illustrious Legacy: Unveiling the Mummy of Queen Tiye, Maternal Figure to Kings Amenhotep III, Akhenaton, and Grandmother to Tutankhamun.
Originally Answered: Why do people say that Egyptian queen tiye was black when her artwork depicted her white?
Soмe people say that Egyptian Queen Tiye was black because they draw their conclusion off of the unpainted, darkened yew wood bust of her that she was black. They don’t look at her мuммy that has natural, free flowing, straight/wavy, brown hair, a high-bridged, arched nose, and мoderately thin lips. They also don’t look at her parent’s мuммies. They also probably haven’t been inforмed about her DNA, which is haplogroup K, that is of Eurasian origin.
[/]^^Portrait Head of Queen Tiye with a Crown of Two Feathers, c. 1355 B.C.E., Aмarna Period, Dynasty 18, New Kingdoм, Egypt, yew wood, lapis lazuli, silver, gold, faience, 22.5 cм high (Egyptian Museuм and Papyrus Collection at the Neues Museuм, Berlin)
