The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-29


She poisoned, stabbed and drown
ed fully 80 of the members of her
royal household, from the highest
dignitaries to the Court fool.
Her record is a bloody one. His
torians are finding out a great deal
about her life these days. She is be-
ing unfavorably compared with the
great Cleopatra, who sent more than
one good man to his doom through
her ambition and beauty.
This Queen is known to posterlty
as Queen Tiy, wife of Ramses Ill,
one of the Pharaohs of Egypt, and
who ruled over a wealthy kingdom
in the dark centuries before the COM
ing of Christ.
''Tiy lived 5000 years ago and was
undoubtedly the most wicked Queen
who has ever lived" said James Hen
ry Breasted, professor of Egyptology
and Oriental history at the UNIVERSE
ty of Chicago.
Tiy, one of the many wives IN King
Rameses's harem, had at one time
been the favorite of the King. She
was a woman of rare beauty, with
great long locks of raven black hair
and large black eyes, with lids that
drooped dangerously. She loved the
king, her master, with deep devotion.
Tiy was happy and content in the
Kings love until Father Time rob-
bed her of her great beauty and
Rameses turned his eager attention
to a Younger, fair Queen, who also
had a son. One day while sitting
in the beautiful garden, which the
King had made for his wives, and
playing with her little son, Pente-
were, gossiping servant told ner
that the King had promised the
crown to another Prince, the son Of
her rival q
Tiy nearly swooned at the news
and when she fully realized that 1t
was a death blow to her ambitions
for her son, her love turned to hate.
She made up her mind that she would
get the throne for her son at any
cost, even the cost of Rameses's life.
With Pebekkamen, the 'chief OF
the chamber" and Mesedure, a royal
butler, Thy planned terrible con-
spiracy to kill the old King and to
place hef own son, Pentewere, upon
the throne. With Oriental superstl-
ton, Pebekkamen first bought an
outfit of magical waxen figures or
gods and men, by which he believed
he was empowered to evade the peo-
ple of the harem guard, who might
otherwise have discovered and inter
cepted one of their numerous mes
sages necessary to the development
of the plot.
Pebekkamen and Mesedure then
secured the cooperation of ten harem
officials OF various ranks, four roya!
hutlers, an overSeer Of the treasury,
a general in the army named Peyes'
three royal scribes in various Offices
Pebekkamen's own assistant and sew
eral subordinate officials. AS most
of these people were in the personal
service of the Pharaoh, Tiy was con-
yinced that the conspirators would
succeed.
Six wives of the officers of the
harem gate were won over to the in
trigue. They were useful in secur-
ing the transmission of messages
from inmates of the harem to their
relatives and friends outside. Among
these inmates was the sister OF the
commander of the arclers in NaDla,
who smuggled out letter to her
brother, and so gained his support
for the enterprise.
All was ready and ripe for a revolt
and revolution outside the palace, in
tended to accompany the murder OF
the King and enable the consplrators
to seize the Government and place
their pretender, Pentewere, ca tae
throne.
Tiy worked cautiously but un'
ceasingly in perfecting the plans fol
the Kings downfall. 1t was all sns
could do to keep from showing hel
exultation before the King. She KEEP
up the enthusiasm of her supporters
by promising them important GOV
ernment offices if they would place
her son on the throne.
But her Joy was short-llved, 1ol
in someway the Kings party gained
full information of the conspiracy
the attempt on the Kings life wa:
foiled, the plans for the revolt were
checkmated, and the people involved
in the treason were all seized.
When the old Pharaoh heard tina