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This second volume of IMPERIAL LIVES continues with personalities of the ancient Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty from kings Amenhotep III through Horemheb, including Queen Tiye and her commoner parents Yuya and Thuyu, plus royal siblings Princess Sitamen and Prince Thutmose, commoners Maiherpri, Amenhotep Son of Hapu, and Kha and wife Merit, as well as heretic King Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten and queens Nefertiti and Kiya, the Aten princesses, King Smenhkhare and Queen/King Meritaten, King Tutankhamen and Queen Ankhesenamen, plus Commoner-King Aye. Seventeen chapters in 408 pages with over 850 photo and graphic illustrations, many full page, most in full color. Includes an Introduction and a Select Bibliography for Further Reading.