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| '''Yuya''' (sometimes transliterated as '''Iouiya''') was a powerful ] courtier of the ] (circa ]). He served as a key adviser for ] ] (father of ]) and is the only person in Egyptian history to have been granted the title "Beloved Father of Pharaoh". | '''Yuya''' (sometimes transliterated as '''Iouiya''') was a powerful ] courtier of the ] (circa ]). He served as a key adviser for ] ] (father of ]) and is the only person in Egyptian history to have been granted the title "Beloved Father of Pharaoh". | ||
| Yuya married ], an Egyptian noblewoman descended from ], and was the father of ], who became Amenhotep's principal wife. Some scholars speculate that they also may have been the parents of ], an Egyptian general active during the reign of Yuya's grandson Pharaoh ] who eventually became pharaoh himself, as ''Kheperkheprure Ay''. That Ay was Yuya's son is just one of many theories debated among archeologists. | Yuya married ], an Egyptian noblewoman descended from ], and was the father of ], who became Amenhotep's principal wife. Some scholars speculate that they also may have been the parents of ], an Egyptian general active during the reign of Yuya's grandson Pharaoh ] who eventually became pharaoh himself, as ''Kheperkheprure Ay''. That Ay was Yuya's son is just one of many theories debated among archeologists. | ||
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Yuya (sometimes transliterated as Iouiya) was a powerful Egyptian courtier of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (circa 1400 BC). He served as a key adviser for Pharaoh Amenhotep III (father of Akhenaten) and is the only person in Egyptian history to have been granted the title "Beloved Father of Pharaoh".
Yuya married Tjuyu, an Egyptian noblewoman descended from Ahmose Nefertari, and was the father of Tiy, who became Amenhotep's principal wife. Some scholars speculate that they also may have been the parents of Ay, an Egyptian general active during the reign of Yuya's grandson Pharaoh Akhenaton who eventually became pharaoh himself, as Kheperkheprure Ay. That Ay was Yuya's son is just one of many theories debated among archeologists.
Together with his wife, Yuya was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in KV46, where their largely unpillaged remains were found in 1905.
Yuya and Joseph
Yuya's facial features, as observed on his mummy, have led many archaeologists to postulate that he was actually Asiatic in origin. Some scholars have gone so far as to connect Yuya with the biblical story of Joseph. They point out, inter alia, that the hieroglyph for "ya" is extremely similar to that for "sef", and thus that the name should in fact be read "Yusef". This view is opposed by some who note that the book of Exodus in the Bible states that the Israelites brought Joseph's bones out of Egypt. Thus, since Yuya's body was found in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings, they claim that it is impossible that he is indeed Joseph. Those who do not accept the total historical accuracy of the Bible respond that Joseph may have been a composite of more than one individual, or that the part about his body's removal to Canaan may have been a later insertion.
Resources
- Winsten, Joseph. Moses Meets Israel: The Origins of One God. Rumford Inc., 1999.