Have you ever visited the Tomb of Kheper Heperona Ay KV23 AT Luxor, Pharaohs
, discoverinhistory KheperkheperuraAy was the 14th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, who had a short reign of 3 or 4 years (13461343 BC), succeeding the young Tutankhamon, who died prematurely. With him closed what was called the Amarna period, during which Akhenaton and his immediate successors tried to change the thousandyearold religious system of the country. But who was Ay One thing is certain, he was not the legitimate heir to the throne, and, to a certain degree, his reign could constitute a dynasty all of its own, just like that of his successor Horemheb.
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