Who Was Alive
Ankhesenamun
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Ankhesenamun

Queen

Born 1348 BC · died 1322 BC, aged 25 or 26
Also known as Ankhesenamen, Ankhes-en-pa-aten

Who was alive at the same time as Ankhesenamun?

  1. Thutmose II, c. 1510 – c. 1479 BC
  2. Hatshepsut, c. 1507 – c. 1458 BC
  3. Thutmose III, 1481 – c. 1425 BC
  4. Amenhotep III, 1400 – c. 1351 BC
  5. Tiye, 1398–1338 BC
  6. Šuppiluliuma I, c. 1375 – c. 1335 BC
  7. Nefertiti, c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC
  8. Ankhesenamun, 1348–1322 BC
  9. Tutankhamun, c. 1343 – c. 1324 BC
  10. Seti I, c. 1323 – c. 1279 BC
  11. Ramesses II, c. 1303 – 1213 BC
  12. Nefertari, 1290–1255 BC
  13. Ramesses III, c. 1217 – c. 1155 BC

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Only 4 people we track were surely alive alongside Ankhesenamun

Our coverage of the ancient world is thin: we only include people whose birth and death can be dated to within 25 years. These lives may have overlapped with Ankhesenamun’s, but their dates are too uncertain to say: Seti I.

The nearest lives we can place: Amenhotep III died months before Ankhesenamun was born, Thutmose III died about 74 years before Ankhesenamun was born, Hatshepsut died about 107 years before Ankhesenamun was born, Thutmose II died about 128 years before Ankhesenamun was born, Ramesses II was born about 16 years after Ankhesenamun died and Nefertari was born about 31 years after Ankhesenamun died.

When Ankhesenamun was born, Tiye was 49 or 50.

Born during Ankhesenamun’s lifetime: Tutankhamun.

Where Ankhesenamun and the nearest lives were born

Ankhesenamun is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time or nearest to it. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 13 placed); tap one to open that person.
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