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Miriam Amenhotep took over when his father Tuthmoses IV died. He may have married his youngest daughter, but to have an older wife also he married with the daughter of his vizier Tiye, the Israelite. (See p. 188) Because of the long ministry of Joseph, there was fear that his daughter, the Israelite wife of the Pha- raoh, would bear a child that would have royal blood. As she was not the legitimate heiress, she could not represent the State god, Amen (Amun). (See p. 188) The Israelite princess did of course become pregnant. It was thought to have her child killed to prevent ascension to the throne. This son called Tuthmosis was it seems killed. (See p. 188) This son was sent to live with Tiye’s relatives in Goshen. He was raised by Tey, the wife of Tiye’s brother. She was a Levite. Amenhotep was later educated at Heliopolis and as a teenager lived in Thebes. (See p. 188) Tiye, it is later revealed, was also the sister of Israelite pharaoh Aye, the father of Aaron (Smenkhkare) the Pharaoh that took over after the abdication of Akhenaton, but who was also eventually banished with him. (See p. 192) Nefertiti Mary/s It comes as no surprise to discover in the records of Akhenaton the names of two princesses called Mery-taten (Beloved of Aten), one being his daughter and the other his granddaughter. The Mery epi- thet was also applied to Queen Nefertiti herself, the elder half-sister and wife of Akhenaton. (p. 208) Avaris Bad Health 222 Appendix B: Book Abstracts This is the sister of Moses. Amenhotep and Tiye Power of the Israelites First Son of Tiye Second Son of Tiye - Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) Tiye’s Prestige Tiye went on to become more powerful than the first wife of the Pharaoh. Was the daughter of Sitamun, the Pharaoh’s first wife. It was also posited that Nefertiti may actually be the real sister of Moses. The city of the Israelites, Zaru, was built over the Hyskos city of Avaris. (See p. 188) The older Pharaoh Amenhotep III began to have bad health. Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation