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No. Nineveh was an ancient city in Assyria, Mesopotamia, which is just across the Tigris River from what is now Mosul, Iraq.

Nineveh was governed by Tushratta in 14th century BC, the king of Mitanni, whose biggest rival was Egypt, under the rule of the Thutmosids. Though, at one point, Tushratta ordered that a statue of Ishtar (a healing goddess) be sent to a sick and dying Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt, who was Tushratta's son-in-law.

The oldest known mechanical lock artifact was believed to be Egyptian, and was found in Nineveh, which is why most probably wonder if Nineveh was in Egypt or not.

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No. Nineveh was an ancient city in Assyria, Mesopotamia, which is just across the Tigris River from what is now Mosul, Iraq.

Nineveh was governed by Tushratta in 14th century BC, the king of Mitanni, whose biggest rival was Egypt, under the rule of the Thutmosids. Though, at one point, Tushratta ordered that a statue of Ishtar (a healing goddess) be sent to a sick and dying Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt, who was Tushratta's son-in-law.

The oldest known mechanical lock artifact was believed to be Egyptian, and was found in Nineveh, which is why most probably wonder if Nineveh was in Egypt or not.

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Egyptian hieroglyphs from as early as 2600 BC describe gold, which king Tushratta of the Mitanni claimed was "more plentiful than dirt" in Egypt. Egypt and especially Nubia had the resources to make them major gold-producing areas for much of history.

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Tadukhepa was the daughter of King Tushratta of Mitanni and Queen Juni. Her aunt, Gilukhepa was married to Amenhotep III. Tadukhepa as a child of about 15 was given to Amenhotep III in marriage as well. After her husband's death, his successor, Akhenaten married her as he was 18 and she was probably 16-19 years of age. It is thought she miscarried several children with Anenhotep III, some archelogists believe Prince Siatum, father of Nebetia was her son by Amenhotep III, rather than his brother by Mutemwiya. With Akhenaten, some say she bore a daughter, Atenmert, however there is no evidence of this and Atenmert's existance is being questioned. Some people say Kiya a concubine of Akhenaten, was Tadukhepa with a changed name as we don't hear of her as Akhenaten's wife, however there is no evidence that proves this theory either. If Tadukhepa was Kiya, she would have beared an unnamed daughter (Kiya-Tasherit or Beketaten) and possibly Smenkhkare (his mother was most likely Nefertiti or another concubine) and Tutankhamun (there is no evidence that Kiya, or Nefertiti was his mother, most likely Meritaten, Beketaten, or some wife of Alhenaten or Amenhotep III. As he stated Amenhotep III was his father). It is most likely Tadukhepa lived peacefully in Akhenaten's harem, and died of old age or died of an early age of a plague or in childbirth. It is possible Tadukhepa's child may have been pictured at Meketaten's funeral, she died before, however there is for now no evidence she did bear any children to either Amenhotep III or Akhenaten, if she did, she either miscarried, or they were stillborn.

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Queen Kiya was one of Akhenaten's (King Amenhotep IV) wives back in Ancient Egypt. Nefertiti was Akhenaten's chief wife, Kiya was not near as important and little is known of her. She was important though, she bore the king a daughter. Kiya was also thought to have been Tutankhamun's mother. DNA testing has proven that false.

It is unknown whether Queen Kiya was a native Egyptian or a foreign princess. Kiya is an unusual name and could have come from being a foreign princess. The daughter of King Tushratta of Mitanni, Tadukhipa, married Amenhotep III near the end of his reign. After Amenhotep III's death she married Akhenaten. This is all speculation, there is no clear evidence that Kiya was Tadukhipa.


The date of Kiya's death is also unknown. She disappeared from all records in the last third of Akhenaten's reign. If Kiya and Tadukhipa were the same person then it is a possibility that Egypt's alliance with Mitanni ended, resulting in Kiya/Tadukhipa returning home Mitanni.

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