What is Nebettawy?
'''Nebettawy ('''also spelled '''Nebettauy''') which means ''Lady of the [[Egypt|Two Lands]]'' was an [[Ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] princess and queen, the fifth daughter of [[Ramesses II|Ramses II]] in the procession of the daughters as depicted at [[Abu Simbel temples|Abu Simbel]]. {{Infobox monarch | title = Queen consort of [[Egypt]]<br/>Great Royal Wife <br>Lady of The Two Lands<br>Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt | image = Nebettawy.jpg | caption = Nebettawy statue at Abu simbel | native_lang1 = Egyptian language | native_lang1_name1 = <hiero>nb:t N17:N17 B1</hiero> | burial_place = QV60 | spouse =[[Ramesses II]] | issue = | dynasty = Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt | father = [[Ramesses II]] | mother = [[Nefertari]]? | religion = Ancient Egyptian religion }} ==Biography== [[File:queen-Nebettawy.jpg|thumb|Queen Nebettawy as depicted in her tomb [[QV60]].]] Nebettawy may have been the daughter of [[Ramesses II|Ramesses's]] wife, [[Nefertari]]. She would also later marry her father and became his great royal wife (possibly after death of [[Meritamen]]). <ref>Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006</ref> Nebettawy appears as the fifth princess in procession of royal daughters as depicted in the temple of [[Abu Simbel temples|Abu Simbel]]. She appears after Bintanath, Bakmut, Nefertari, and Meritamen. The princesses are shown shaking a sistrum.<ref>Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. P.82 </ref> Nebettawy is not shown on the smaller temple of Abu Simbel. [[Nefertari]] is shown with [[Meritamen]] and Henuttawy on the facade of this temple.<ref> Kitchen, K.A., Ramesside Inscriptions, Translated & Annotated, Translations, Volume II, Blackwell Publishers, 1996</ref> Nebettawy was later buried in QV60, the tomb was robbed during the antiquity period. It was later changed into a [[Christian]] chapel. ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/2008072