A complicated career. In the reigns of Akhenaten and Tut'ankhamun, one of Egypt's top religious officials was Mery-Neith ("Beloved of Neith"). This man served in the temples, first as a Steward, then as the High Priest of Aten in Amarna. Along the way, Meryneith had to navigate the difficult political waters. To survive in Akhenaten's court, he even had to change his name...

Date c.1360 – 1340 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

The Tomb of Meryneith:
Summary of excavations at Saqqara.nl
High-quality photos by merja attia at Flickr
N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
M. J. Raven and R. van Walsem, The Tomb of Meryneith at Saqqara (Turnhout, 2014).

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Mery-Neith, First Servant of Aten