Principal Characters In The Novel
The Royal Family of the Later Eighteenth Dynasty
(Pharaohs in capitals):
AMON-HO-TEP III, ninth King, and Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty
Queen Mu-tem-wi-ya, his mother
Queen Tiye, his Great Wife
Queen Gil-u-khi-pa of Mittani, his second wife
Queen-Princess Sit-a-mon, his daughter, and wife
AMON-HO-TEP IV, later AKH-EN-ATEN, tenth King, and Pharaoh, his son
SMENKH-KA-RA, eleventh King, and Pharaoh, his son
TUT-ANKH-ATEN, later TUT-ANKH-AMON, twelfth King and Pharaoh, his son
Princess Bek-et-aten, his daughter
Queen Nefer-ti-ti, Chief Wife of AKH-EN-ATEN
Queen Kia of Mesopotamia, his second wife
Meryt-aten, Meket-aten, Ankh-e-sen-pa-aten, Nefer-neferu-aten Junior, Nefer-neferu, Set-e-pen-ra, daughters of AKH-EN-ATEN and Nefer-ti-ti
AYE, older brother of Queen Tiye and father of Nefer-ti-ti, thirteenth King, and Pharaoh
HOR-EM-HEB, fourteenth and last King and Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, his son
A-a-nen, younger brother of Queen Tiye, Priest of Amon
Others in the Court:
Amon-ho-tep, Son of Hapu, scribe, sage, builder, adviser to the Royal Family
Ra-mo-se, Vizier
Bek, chief sculptor to AKH-EN-ATEN
The Lady Anser-Wossett, chief lady in waiting to Queen Nefer-ti-ti
Hat-sur-et, Priest of Amon
RAMESSES, lieutenant to HOR-EM-HEB, later first King and Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
Amon-em-het, a peasant
Allies:
Bur-na-bur-i-ash, King of Babylon
Tush-ratta, King of Mittani
Gods:
Amon, “King of the Gods” at the start of AKHENATEN’s revolution
The Aten, AKHENATEN’s Sole God
Horus, Ptah, Hathor, Sekhmet, Thoth, Anuhis, Isis, Osiris, and many others
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