The Illustrious Legacy: Unveiling the Mummy of Queen Tiye, Maternal Figure to Kings Amenhotep III, Akhenaton, and Grandmother to Tutankhamun.

Originally Answered: Why do people say that Egyptian queen tiye was black when her artwork depicted her white?

Some people say that Egyptian Queen Tiye was black because they draw their conclusion off of the unpaited, darkened yew wood bust of her that she was black. They don't look at her mummy that has natural, free flowing, straight/wavy, brown hair, a high-bridged, arched nose, and moderately thin lips. They also don't look at her parent's mummies. They also probably haven't been informed about her DNA, which is haplogroup K, that is of Eurasian origin.

Portrait Head of Queen Tiye with a Crown of Two Feathers, c. 1355 B.C.E., Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, New Kingdom, Egypt, yew wood, lapis lazuli, silver, gold, faience, 22.5 cm high (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection at the Neues Museum, Berlin)

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