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Iyneferti
Iyneferti, also printed Iineferty, was a 19th Dynasty Egyptian woman, wife of the workman Sennedjem, buried in the family tomb TT 1 at Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II.
Iyri
Iyri, also spelled Iyry or Iyiri, was the High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in the late Nineteenth Dynasty, serving under Seti II around 1202–1191 BC.
Ka-Nefer-Nefer
Ka-Nefer-Nefer was a 19th Dynasty Egyptian noblewoman whose funerary mask, excavated at Saqqara in 1952, is held by the Saint Louis Art Museum amid an unresolved repatriation dispute with Egypt.
Kenamun
Kenamun, also written Kenamon or Qenamun, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who served as chief steward of king Amenhotep II and is known from his decorated tomb TT93 at Luxor.
Kenhirkhopeshef
Kenhirkhopeshef, also spelled Qenherkhepshef, was the scribe of the Tomb at Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II in the 19th Dynasty, best known for his papyrus library.
Kha (foreman of Deir el-Medina)
Kha, also known as Khaa, was the 18th Dynasty foreman who oversaw royal tomb building at Deir el-Medina, serving under Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV, and Amenhotep III.
Khabekhnet (workman)
Khabekhnet was a 19th-Dynasty Egyptian workman at Deir el-Medina, the village of royal-tomb craftsmen, who served under Ramesses II, was the eldest son of Sennedjem, and owned Theban Tomb TT2.
Khaemhat
Khaemhat, also known as Mahu, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official, royal scribe and Overseer of the Granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt under Amenhotep III.
Khawy
Khawy was a guardian, an official in charge of stores and equipment, in the workmen's community of Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II in Egypt's 19th Dynasty.
Khay (vizier)
Khay was a vizier of ancient Egypt under Ramesses II, holding the equivalent of a prime minister's office from about year 26 to year 45 of the reign.
Lady of the Lions
The Lady of the Lions was a Canaanite woman who ruled a city in the Shephelah and wrote two letters to the Egyptian pharaoh around 1350 BCE.
Lady Rai
Lady Rai was an Egyptian nursemaid to Queen Ahmose-Nefertari in the early 18th Dynasty, whose mummy, found in 1881 at Deir el-Bahari, shows exceptional embalming.
Maia (nurse of Tutankhamun)
Maia was the royal wet nurse of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in the late Eighteenth Dynasty, known chiefly from her rock-cut tomb at Saqqara, rediscovered in 1996 and opened to the public in 2015.
Maiherpri
Maiherpri, also written Maiherperi, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official, probably of Nubian descent, buried in tomb KV36 in the Valley of the Kings, found intact in 1899.
Menhet, Menwi and Merti
Menhet, Menwi and Merti were three foreign-born wives of pharaoh Thutmose III, buried together in a richly furnished rock-cut tomb at Thebes, found and robbed in 1916.
Menkheperraseneb I
Menkheperraseneb I was High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the reign of Thutmose III in Egypt's 18th Dynasty, around 1479 to 1425 BC, buried in tomb TT86.
Menkheperre (prince)
Menkheperre was a prince of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty and a son of the pharaoh Thutmose III, known chiefly from a British Museum statuette showing him leading princesses.
Menkheperreseneb (High Priest of Amun)
Menkheperreseneb, also written Menkheperre-seneb, is the name of one or two High Priests of Amun at Thebes in the early 18th Dynasty, under Thutmose III.
Menna (18th Dynasty official)
Menna was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who administered royal and temple fields as Scribe of the Fields, known from his painted Theban tomb TT69 at Luxor.
Merit (wife of Kha)
Merit was the wife of Kha, the foreman who oversaw construction of royal tombs at Deir el-Medina in the second half of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, around 1450–1400 BCE.
Mery (High Priest of Amun)
Mery was an Egyptian official who served as High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the reign of Amenhotep II, in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom.
Mery (High Priest of Osiris)
Mery was High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in Dynasty 19 under Ramesses II, and his son Wenennefer succeeded him in the same hereditary office.
Meryey
Meryey, also rendered Merey, was a Libyan chief, son of Dedy, who led an invasion of Egypt around 1208 BC and was defeated by pharaoh Merneptah, fleeing the battle.
Meryneith
Meryneith, also called Meryre, was an Egyptian official who served the Aten temple at Memphis under Akhenaten, ending as high priest under Tutankhamun; his Saqqara tomb was rediscovered in 2001.
Meryre (treasurer)
Meryre, also written Meri-re or Meryra, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who served as overseer of the treasury under Amenhotep III and tutored the prince Si-atum, known from reliefs in Vienna.
Meryre I
Meryre I, also spelled Meryra, was High Priest of the Aten at Akhetaten during Akhenaten's reign, holding the rank Fanbearer on the Right Hand of the King.
Meryre II
Meryre II, also written Meryra II, was a royal scribe and steward of Queen Nefertiti at Akhenaten's court, and owner of rock-cut tomb TA 2 at Amarna.
Merysekhmet
Merysekhmet is the name of one or more workmen at Deir el-Medina, the Theban village of craftsmen who built the royal tombs in the 19th Dynasty under Ramesses II.
Messuy
Messuy, also written Messuwy, was Viceroy of Kush, a high Egyptian official in Nubia, under Pharaoh Merneptah around 1212–1202 BC, and is best known for a disputed proposal that he later ruled as the pharaoh Amenmesse.
Minmontu
Minmontu, also written Minmonth and called Senires, was High Priest of Amun at Thebes in the early 18th Dynasty, serving under Ahmose I and Amenhotep I.