Canopic Jar of Manuwai, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1425 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the 3 Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Limestone, blue paste, Overall height 36.2 cm (4 1/4 in), At some time during his reign, Thutmose III acquired three wives from the area of modern Syria, probably for political reasons. These women were sent to Egypt and were absorbed into the royal court. They seem to have died at about the same time, and all three were buried in the same cliff tomb deep in the wadis southwest of the Valley of the Kings in the Theban necropolis (on the west bank of the Nile, opposite modern Luxor)
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Canopic Jar, Manuwai, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1425 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, D, Tomb, 3 Foreign Wives, Thutmose III, Limestone, blue paste, Overall height 36.2 cm, 4 1/4, time, reign, III acquired, three, wives, area, modern Syria, political reasons, women, absorbed, royal court, died, buried, cliff tomb, deep, wadis southwest, Valley, Kings, Theban necropolis, west bank, Nile, opposite modern, Luxor
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