No comments Ramses I Menpehtyre Dynasty 19 1293-1291 BC Ramses I Pharaoh Biography 1293-1291 BC The 19th Dynasty, despite its later luminaries, began on a fairly low note. Ramses I, from whom the main part of the period takes its name, ‘Ramesside‘, came to be pharaoh almost by default. He was previously the vizier, close […]
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Tomb of Inherkhau
No comments Tomb of Inherkhau This tomb belongs to the artistic supervisor of the necropolis in the 20th Dynasty. Its decoration, not surprisingly, is extremely good, especially in the innermost chamber where the deceased is depicted with a group of his grandchildren receiving a statuette of Osiris and a box containing a shawabti figure. He […]
Antique Makers, 1855 | Luxor – Walking Through Egypt
No comments Antique Makers, 1855 William C. Prime Egyptian Antique Makers I left the Phantom and walked around the village [Luxor], my footsteps dogged by twenty donkey-boys, and as many donkeys, each of the former hoping that I would grow tired and patronize one of them. At every corner and turn a Coptic scoundrel would […]
Senenmut the Royal Steward and Hatshepsut
No comments Senenmut the Royal Steward Despite his humble origins, Senenmut rose through the ranks of the court to become Queen Hatshepsut’s closest advisor, and tutor to her daughter Neferure. Senenmut and the princess Neferu-Ra It was rumoured that he owed his privileged position to intimate relations with the queen. Whatever the truth of the […]