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Article 'Amenirdis I' is obviously incomplete but is both inaccurate and potentially misleading.

<<"Upon her death, she was buried in a tomb in the grounds of Medinet-Habu.">> There is no basis in fact for this statement. The 'Chapel of the Adoratrice', (within the grounds of Medinet Habu) Amenirdis I's "burial chamber" was empty when excavated by the Chicago Oriental Institute in the 1920s - see U. HÖLSCHER, The Excavation of Medinet Habu, V: Post-Ramessid Remains (Chicago: University Press, 1954). The chamber showed no signs of ever holding a mummy, royal or otherwise.

Queen Amenirdis I (ruler of Upper Egypt for approx., 42 years) wasn't referred to as an "Ancient Kushite princess" when she became Queen of Egypt alongside her brother, Pharaoh Shabaka (or Shabako). Why then is this article declaring Amenirdis I as being a princess when she ruled as Queen? The hieroglyphs on Amenirdis I's famous alabaster statue declare her to be "Royal Daughter, Royal Sister, Royal Wife". This Queen of ancient Egypt is important as a female historical figure - many of her titles being adopted some seven dynasties earlier by Queen Hatshepsut.

<<"This shows that Kashta already controlled Upper Egypt prior to the reign of Piye, his successor.">>

I have specialised in the God's Wives of Amun, the Third Intermediate Period and ancient Egypt generally and I have read that sentence over and over again, it makes no sense to me (though I understand the basic premise) and therefore is potentially misleading to anyone needing research matter.

"Categories: 8th-century BC clergy" Insufficient and also potentially misleading.

Queen Amenirdis I lived, ruled and died during the XXV Dynasty of ancient Egypt.

I can't try to edit this page again but anyone knowing a little about ancient Egypt knows that this article is misleading and always was.

CocktailSunset (talk) 13:53, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 13:53, 26 June 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 07:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)