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Horemheb

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Horemhen was the last Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.

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Horehemheb's Predecessor

(Pharoah Ay)

Horemheb became king after the short reign of King Ay.
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Statues of Horemheb

Horemheb (Turin Museum) 

Tomb at Saqqara

Before becoming Pharaoh, Horemheb had constructed a large tomb at Saqqara in lower Egypt (near modern Cairo). The tomb once had a massive pylon and was approached via courtyards and rooms - essentially it was organised as a mortuary temple. A shaft burial has been excavated and the remains of 17 individuals indentified including his first wife (name unknown) and his Great Royal Wife Queeen Mutnodjmet

The best article about the Saqqara tomb is by Su Byfield Tomb of Horemheb and has some nice pictures.

Horemheb's Wives

We know from a seal in the tomb at Saqqara that Horemheb was married to a woman called Amenia who died during the reign of Pharaoh Ay. (She therefore was never a Queen.) Horemheb then married Mutnodjmet, either before taking the throne on shortly afterwards. Queen Mutnodjmet's ancestry is presently uncertain but according to some theories she was the daughter of Ay and the half-sister of the famous Queen Nefertiti.
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Tomb KV-57 

Tomb KV57 in the Valley of the Kings

Horemheb was buried in tomb KV57 in Egypt's Vallley of the Kings. The tomb is relatively large and the standard of the decoration is high; however, the tomb has been flooded many times and the decorations have been badly damaged. Any remaining funerary goods which escaped the looters, were smashed by falling rock and the waters.

After being closed for many years, as of June 2009 the tomb is open to the public. It is not clear how long it will be open for visitors.

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  • Shakk Jan 15, 2011 @ 8:50 am | delete
    Great article. KV 57 is a very beautiful tomb, see it at http://famouspharaohs.blogspot.com/2011/01/kv57-tomb-of-horemheb.html
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The photographs in this lens of the Tomb of Horemheb (inclding the plan) and the statue in the Turin museum are by dalbera and issued under a Creative Commons 2.0 license. The photograph of Horhemheb in the Luxor Museum is by Gárard Ducher and is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike license 2.5.

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