Lady Rai (c. 1570/1560 – 1530 BC) was an ancient Egyptian woman of the early 18th Dynasty who served as nursemaid to Queen

Ahmose-Nefertari Ahmose-Nefertari (Ancient Egyptian: '' Jꜥḥ ms Nfr trj'') was the first Great Royal Wife of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She was a daughter of Seqenenre Tao and Ahhotep I, and royal sister and wife to Ahmose I. Her son Amenhotep I b ...

(1562–1495 BC). Her mummified remains were discovered in a Theban tomb in 1881 and it is estimated that she was about 30 – 40 years old when she died around 1530 BC. The mummy was unwrapped by Grafton Elliot Smith in 1909. He distinguished her mummy as "the most perfect example of embalming that has come down to us from the time of the early 18th Dynasty, or perhaps even of any period." He further characterized her as "the least unlovely" of the existing female mummies, and described as a "slim, gracefully-built woman," measuring in height, with small "childlike" hands. In 2009, a

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by a medical team revealed Lady Rai had a diseased aortic arch and is thus the oldest known mummy with evidence of atherosclerosis. The mummy of

Ahmose Inhapy Ahmose-Inhapy or Ahmose-Inhapi (referred to as Anhapou by Maspero) was a princess and queen of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty. Life She was probably a daughter of Pharaoh Senakhtenre and was sister to Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao, and th ...

, a princess and queen of the late

17th dynasty of Egypt The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theba ...

who was aunt to Ahmose-Nefertari, was found in the outer coffin of Lady Rai.

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16th-century BC women People of the Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian mummies 16th-century BC births 1530 BC deaths {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub