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Yuya (sometimes transliterated as Iouiya) was a powerful Egyptian courtier of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (circa 1400 BCE). 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.
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.
Together with his wife, Yuya was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in KV46, where their largely unpillaged remains were found in 1905.
Resources
- Winsten, Joseph. Moses Meets Israel: The Origins of One God. Rumford Inc., 1999.