1 gen 1398 anni a. C. - Yuya, Tiye's father

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Yuya (sometimes Iouiya, or Yuaa, also known as Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, and Yuy) was from the Upper Egyptian town of Akhmim. (an area that was predominantly native Egyptian) It's believed that he probably owned an estate and was a wealthy member of the town's local nobility.

Yuya served as a key adviser for Amenhotep III, and held posts such as "King’s Lieutenant" and "Master of the Horse"; his title "Father-of-the-god" possibly referred specifically to his being Amenhotep's father-in-law. In his native town of Akhmin, Yuya was a prophet of Min, the chief god of the area, and served as this deity's "Superintendent of Cattle".

Ancient Egypt's neighboring countries often migrated into Egypt and given the fact that both Yuya's name and his features were not classically Egyptian and it's been suggested that he could have been of foreign origin. Possibly Syrian, Mitannian, or Asiatic.

There's a theory that he could be the brother of queen Mutemwiya, (the mother of Pharaoh Amenhotep III) and may have had Mitannian royal origins. However, this can not be substantiated, since nothing is known of Queen Mutemwiya's background.

Another theory is that Yuya could have been an assimilated descendant of Asiatic immigrants or slaves who rose to become a member of the local nobility at Akhmin.

It is believed that Yuya died in his mid fifties around 1374 BC. and he was buried in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, in a private KV46 tomb that was discovered in 1905 by James Quibell.

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