12 Facts About Bintanath

Bintanath's name is Semitic, meaning Daughter of Anath, referring to the Canaanite goddess Anath.

Bintanath had at least three brothers, Ramesses, Khaemwaset and Merneptah and a sister who was named Isetnofret after their mother.

Bintanath had a daughter who appears on the paintings in her tomb in the Valley of the Queens.

Bintanath is unnamed there and her father is unknown, but according to Joyce Tyldesley it is possible that her name was Bintanath and she married the next pharaoh, Merneptah.

However, it is entirely possible that Bintanath never married Merenptah and used the "Great Royal Wife" title only because she was entitled to it due to her first marriage.

Bintanath is depicted in a scene on a pylon in Luxor dated to year 3 of Ramesses II.

Bintanath is said to be the King's daughter of his body, and is the first in a procession of princesses.

Bintanath is depicted on a statue from the Sinai, on two sandstone colossi found in Tanis, but probably originally from Pi-Ramesse, and on a statue from the south gate of the Ptah precinct in Memphis.

Bintanath is depicted on statues of her father at least three times in Karnak and Luxor, and she appears in statues in Wadi es-Sebua.

The Aswan rock stela shows Ramesses II, Isetnofret and Khaemwaset before the god Khnum, while in another register Bintanath appears with her brothers Ramesses and Merneptah.

Bintanath died during the reign of her brother Merneptah and was buried in the tomb QV71 in the Valley of the Queens.

The name of Bintanath is given in slightly different spellings in the tomb.