Titulary
| Horus Name | Kanakht Tekhenkhau |
| Nebty Name | Sekhempehtidersetet |
| Golden Horus Name | Heqasekhepertawy |
| Praenomen | Kheperkheperure-Irimaat ,"Everlasting are the Manifestations of Re" |
| Nomen | Itinetjer-Aja , "Father of God, Ai" |
| Manetho | |
| King Lists | |
| Alternate Names | Aye, Eje II |
| piccione | 1325 -- 1321 BCE |
| egyptsite | 1325 -- 1321 BCE |
| krauss, von beckerath | 1323-1319 |
| malek, grimal | 1327-1323 |
| redford | 1346-1343 |
| dodson | 1333-1328 |
| arnold | 1338-1335 |
| Predecessor | Tutankhamun |
| Successor | Horemheb, military advisor |
| Wife | Tiye II |
| Wife | Ankhesanamun |
| Sister | Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III |
| Daughter | Queen Mutnedjemet |
| Daughter | Nefertiti |
| Parents | Possibly Yuya and Thuya |
| Rock-cut tomb in Thebes, Valley of the Kings, West Valley 23 |
| Unknown |
When Tutankhamun died at the age of sixteen or seventeen (and under suspicious circumstances if the evidence is correct) one of his chancellors and advisors, Ay, took the throne. Ay was the brother of Queen Tiye. He may have been an uncle to the boy-kingTutankhamun.
Whether he was an unscrupulous, power-hungry murderer or simply the best qualified of the possible contenders to the throne is not known.
His tomb, in the rarely-visited western valley of the Valley of the Kings, is similar to Tutankhamun's and is a blend of royal and noble imagery. A frieze of baboons is strikingly similar to those in his predecessors tomb. However, a mummy for this pharaoh has never been found.
pharaohs
Ahmose
Amenhotep I
Thutmose I
Thutmose II
Hatshepsut
Thutmose III
Amenhotep II
Thutmose IV
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep IV
Smenkhkare
Tutankhamun
Ay
Horemheb
Monuments
Tomb WV 23, Valley of the Kings