Queen Tyi was a woman of marked ability, the consort of
King Amenhotep III, who ruled in Egypt from 1414 to 1379
B.C. Recently Egyptologists discovered her shrine in
Thebes. It was cut out of solid rock. Approach to it was by a
descent of twenty steps, adjoining that of Rameses I. Around and
within were all that material, wealth and skill of Egyptian art
could offer. The coffin, itself intact, is a superb example of
the jeweler’s craft, the woodwork covered with a frame of gold
inlaid with lapsis lazuli, carmelian and green glass. The royal
mummy was wrapt from head to foot in sheets of gold, bracelets
on the arms, a necklace of gold, beads and ornaments encrusted
with precious stones around the neck, and the head encircled by
the imperial crown of the queen of ancient Egypt. “Behold how
he loved her,” can be said of the king whose consort she was.
Nothing is too precious for love to give. (Text.)
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=Giving, Unostentatious.=--See BENEVOLENCE, MODEST.
=Giving What We Have=--See TALENTS.