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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
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At the age of 19, Kiya was selected by the [[Ramesses II|Pharaoh Ramesses]] to be one of his 200 wives. Fortunately for her, he was very old and died before he was able to consummate the marriage. Unfortunately she was selected to "accompany" him on his journey to the afterlife as his bride through eternity. In 1817, many of Ramesses' possessions, including the contents of Kiya's tomb, were recovered from a tomb at Abu Simbel and brought to Europe, where they were eventually placed in the [[The Museum|Great Museum]]. | At the age of 19, Kiya was selected by the [[Ramesses II|Pharaoh Ramesses]] to be one of his 200 wives. Fortunately for her, he was very old and died before he was able to consummate the marriage. Unfortunately she was selected to "accompany" him on his journey to the afterlife as his bride through eternity. In 1817, many of Ramesses' possessions, including the contents of Kiya's tomb, were recovered from a tomb at Abu Simbel and brought to Europe, where they were eventually placed in the [[The Museum|Great Museum]]. | ||