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Also known as Tausret, Tauseretsetepenmut, Tawosret

Tausret, also spelled Tawosret or Twosret (d. 1188 BC) was the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Key facts

Pharaoh.Predecessor
Siptah
Pharaoh.Name
Tausret
Pharaoh.Alt
Twosret, Tawosret
Pharaoh.Image
File:Queen Tausret Émile Prisse d'Avennes.jpg
Pharaoh.Caption
Drawing of a Portrait of Tausret from her tomb in Thebes by Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1878).
Pharaoh.Nomen
Tausret [Setepenmut]Tꜣ-wsr.t-[stp-n-Mwt]Mighty Lady, [chosen of Mut]G39-N5-Tausret-Setepen[mut]Tꜣ-wsr.t-[stp-n-Mwt]Mighty Lady, chosen [of Mut]G39-N5-
Pharaoh.Prenomen
Sitre MeryamunSꜣt-Rꜥ-mrj(t)-JmnDaughter of Ra, beloved of AmunM23:t-L2:t-Hieroglyphic variants: M23:t-L2:t- M23:t-L2:t-M23:t-L2:t-
Pharaoh.Nebty
Geregkemet WafkhasutGrg-Kmt-wꜥf-ḫꜣswtFounder of Egypt, who vainquishes foreign countries
Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
U17:Y1-I6:Aa13:X1*O49-G43:D40:I9-N25:X1*Z2ss
Pharaoh.Horus
Kanakht MerymaatKꜣ-nḫt-mrj-Mꜣꜥ.tStrong bull, beloved of MaatKanakht Merymaat NebanemnisutmiitumKꜣ-nḫt-mrj-Mꜣꜥ.t-nb-ꜥn-m-nsw-mj-JtmStrong bull, beloved of Maat, Lord beautiful of kingship, like Atum
Pharaoh.Reign
8-9 regnal years:1191–1188 BC
Pharaoh.Successor
Setnakhte
Pharaoh.Dynasty
19th Dynasty
Pharaoh.Died
1188 BC
Pharaoh.Burial
KV14 in the Valley of the Kings
Pharaoh.Monuments
Mortuary temple in Western Thebes
Pharaoh.Spouse
Seti II
Pharaoh.Children
child from KV56 (?)

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Queen Tausret Émile Prisse d'Avennes.jpg
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Tausret
date of death
1189-00-00
date of birth
1201-01-01
name in hiero markup
E1:D40-C10-U6-M17-M17-V30:D36:N35-D6:Aa15-M23-X1::N35-A41-W19-A45
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20 sections
Contents
  • Family
  • Parentage
  • Marriage and Children
  • Unidentified KV 56
  • Reign
  • Regent
  • Pharaoh
  • Year 8
  • Mortuary Temple Foundations
  • Reign length
  • Manetho
  • Year 9?
  • End of Tausret's reign
  • Death
  • Tomb
  • Mummy
  • Destruction of Tausret's mortuary temple and reuse of her tomb
  • Attestations
  • References
  • Bibliography

Tausret, also spelled Tawosret or Twosret (d. 1188 BC) was the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as "Thuoris, who in Homer is called Polybus, husband of Alcandra, and in whose time Troy was taken." She was said to have ruled Egypt for seven years, but this figure included the nearly six-year reign of Siptah, her predecessor. Tausret simply assumed Siptah's regnal years as her own.

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