Takhuit
Ancient Egyptian queen consort
title: "Takhuit" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["6th-century-bc-egyptian-women", "queens-consort-of-the-twenty-sixth-dynasty-of-egypt", "6th-century-bc-egyptian-people", "great-royal-wives"] description: "Ancient Egyptian queen consort" topic_path: "geography/egypt" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhuit" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ancient Egyptian queen consort ::
Takhuit was the Great Royal Wife of Psamtik II. She dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
She was the wife of Psamtik II and the mother of Pharaoh Apries and the God's Wife of Amun Ankhnesneferibre. Takhuit is known to be the wife of King Psamtik II, because their daughter Ankhnesneferibre is recorded as a King's Sister and to be born of Takhuit.
Burial
Takhuit was buried in Athribis. Her tomb was discovered in 1950. A large sarcophagus and a heart scarab were discovered in her tomb.
References
References
- Gozzoli, Roberto: ''Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials'', London 2017, {{ISBN. 978-1-906137-41-0, p. 21.
- Gozzoli, Roberto: ''Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials'', London (2017), {{ISBN. 978-1-906137-41-0, pp. 20-21.
- [[Aidan Dodson. Dodson, Aidan]] and Hilton, Dyan. ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. (2004). {{ISBN. 0-500-05128-3.
- Gozzoli, Roberto: ''Psammetichus II, Reign, Documents and Officials'', London (2017), {{ISBN. 978-1-906137-41-0, S. 20-21.
- [[Wolfram Grajetzki. Grajetzki]], ''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary'', Golden House Publications, London, 2005, {{ISBN. 978-0-9547218-9-3
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