This work represents the results of the excavations and epigraphic recording conducted at the site of a large tomb that is situated to the west of the Red Monastery, Sohag. Inscriptions date the structure to the reign of Tutankhamun and the investigations at the site point to the tomb having been intended for two Overseers of Nurses. The senior of these is a man called Sennedjem who, in addition to the title Overseers of Nurses also held high titles such as Prince, Count/Mayor, Fanbearer on the right of the King, God's Father; his companion, who only holds the title Overseer of Nurses is called Senqed. Senqed is also known from a anthropoid sarcophagus recently discovered at Saqqara, which is also published here. The book concludes with a synthesis of the history of the site and seeks to place the tombs's original owners within the context of the turbulent years of the late-18th dynasty, following the death of Tutankhamun.
The study of Egyptian religion is a central aspect of the study of ancient Egyptian culture. Western interest in Egypian religion has a very long history that goes back to ancient Greece and Rome. This work is the first comprehensive collection of the Classical sources on ancient Egyptian religion in translation. Eighty authors are included; each text is introduced and accompanied by an historical commentary.
This work brings together all the surviving data from the Saqqara tomb of the Overseer of Craftsmen and Chief of Goldsmiths, Amenemone. As well as recovering further material, the rediscovery and excavation of the tomb has made it possible to identify the original location of the blocks from the chapel now housed in various museums. Amenemone was a contemporary of the general (and later king) Horemheb and the treasurer Maya and with them also served Tutankhamun; he can plausibly be identified as the leading artisan behind the production of some, at least, of the treasures of Tutankhamun.
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