Secondary wife of King Akhenaten, Queen Kiya
Details from a colored limestone mural. We see the secondary wife of King Akhenaten, Queen Kia. Her origins are mysterious, and her unusual name increases the mystery. She may have been one of the foreign princesses who lived in the royal harem. Kia’s unusual name suggests that she may originally have been a Mitanni princess.
Kiya never held the title of king's consort and never wore the royal uraeus but she was clearly an important and highly favored member of the harem. She was highly respected in her lifetime and was allowed to play a role in Aten rituals.
The name Kiya itself is controversial, as it has been said that it may be a “pampering name” or an abbreviated name and not her full name, and in this regard it could be an abbreviation of a foreign name such as the Mitanni name “Tudukheba”, for example, the daughter of King Tushratta who married King Amenhotep. The third is at the end of his reign, and the Amarna letters indicate that she was a young woman fit for marriage at that time. In particular, letters No. 27 to 29 confirm that Tudukheba became one of Akhenaten's wives. Consequently some Egyptologists have suggested that Dokheba and Kiya may be the same person.
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