163: Did Horemheb Marry Nefertiti's Sister?

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Queen Mutnodjmet is a curious case. For some scholars, she may be the lost sister of Nefertiti. This hypothesis has kicked around for over 100 years. Why can’t we resolve it? Episode details: Date: c.1330 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music: "Hymn to Hathor," by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com Interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/luke_chaos Select Bibliography: A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, 2017). M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (2015). W. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary (2005). R. Hari, Horemheb et la reine Moutnedjemet ou la fin d’une Dynastie (1964). R. Hari, ‘La reine d’Horemheb était-elle la sœur de Nefertiti?’, Chronique d’Egypte 51 (1976), 39—46. G. T. Martin, Tutankhamun’s Regent: Scenes and Texts from the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb (2016). G. T. Martin, The Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, Commander-in-Chief of Tutʻankhamūn, 1 (1989). G. T. Martin, The Hidden Tombs of Memphis (1991). E. Strouhal, ‘Queen Mutnodjmet at Memphis: Anthropological and Paleopathological Evidence’, in L’Egyptologie en 1979 (1982), 317—322. E. Strouhal and V. G. Callender, ‘A Profile of Queen Mutnodjmet’, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology (1992), 67—75. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	In the late 1800s, archaeologists were deeply interested in the city of Amarna,
0:31.6	particularly its royal family, Arcanaten, Nefertiti, their daughters and their relatives.
0:38.7	And as scholars examined the tombs at Amarna, an interesting figure came to light.
0:44.8	Wall Carvings in private tombs showed a young lady accompanying Queen Nefertiti.
0:51.9	This girl, or woman, had the title Senet Hemet Nesutwereit, which translates as
0:59.5	the sister of the king's great wife. Apparently, she was Nefertiti's younger sister.
1:07.5	The girl in question shows up in the royal entourage. Beyond her title, we don't learn much about
1:13.8	her. In fact, even her name is slightly ambiguous. The wall Carvings are damaged,
1:20.4	so the hieroglyphs are difficult to read. What survives could be read as moot nojmet.
1:27.7	Alternatively, it might be moot beneret. The names are similar. They both roughly translate
1:34.9	as the goddess moot is sweet. But the exact spelling is uncertain. Why does that matter?
1:43.3	Well, about 20 years after these wall Carvings, another lady called moot nojmet
1:50.0	appears in the record. This lady was not a princess. She was a queen. The wife of Horimheb,
1:57.6	Egypt's newest Pharaoh. As you can guess, these two women are the subject of intense speculation.
2:05.8	Was moot nojmet the queen of Egypt the same person as Nefertiti's sister?
2:25.3	Hello and welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast, episode 163. Nefertiti's sister?
2:34.2	Today, we dive into a curious question. Did Horimheb, the new Pharaoh, marry the sister of Egypt's
2:41.9	most famous queen? It is a problem that historians have tackled for over a hundred years.
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