Who was pharaoh7/12/2023 ![]() It is likely that Ankhensenamun died very shortly afterwards, for there is no mention of her beyond the Cairo ring. His reign was brief, believed to only have been four years. This wedding must have happened rapidly, for Ay officiated at Tutankhamun's funeral as a king wearing the Blue Crown, thus enhancing his claim to the thrown. But evidence of Ankhesenamun's marriage to Ay was noted by Professor Percy Newberry, who recorded a ring he found in Cairo in the 1920s with he cartouches of Ay and Ankhesenamun inscribed side by side, a typical way of indicating marriage.
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