Thuya and her husband Yuya came originally from Akhmim. They were the parents of Queen Tiye, the wife of Amenhotep the Third. Thuya had many titles such as the Chanteress of Amun and Supervisor of The Dresses in The Royal Palace.

Amunirdis was the sister of king Shabaka who was the second ruler of the Egyptian twenty fifth dynasty from 715 to 700 B.C. She was a powerful princess, and she had a very special title which was "the God's wife of Amun".