The nurse of King Tutankhamun Maya could actually be his sister Meritaten. This statement was made by Egyptian officials, and the French archaeologist Alain Zivi (Alain Zivie), reported The Guardian.
The burial of Maya Zivi found in the necropolis of Saqqara in 1996, but for the general public it is only open December 21, 2015 .
Recently, DNA analysis revealed the father of Tutankhamun, untouched tomb is with all the treasures the scientists found in the beginning of the XX century – it was the pharaoh Akhenaten, who tried to create in Egypt a new religion (cult of a single sun god Aten).
identity of the mother of Tutankhamun is not precisely known: but it was not Nefertiti (“major’s wife” Akhenaten). Probably the mother Pharaoh is one of his aunts.
However, the images on the walls of the tomb of Maya led scientists to believe that the nurse was actually his sister. “Maya – is none other like a princess Meritaten, sister or half-sister of Tutankhamen, the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. They are very similar: same chin, eyes, family traits. On the wall is a portrait of Maya tombs carved on the royal throne, and Tutankhamun – in her lap, “- said Zivi.
Similar images present on the walls of the tomb of Akhenaten at Amarna. Among the figures, mourning dead daughter of Akhenaten Meketaten, there is a woman breastfeeding – it Meritaton, the eldest daughter of Pharaoh said Zivi.
The scientists assume that the mummy Meritaton and Nefertiti may be in secret tomb, hidden in the tomb Tutankhamen.
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