The History of Egypt Podcast 169: Horemheb, Reinventing the Tomb
Sep 6, 2022
44:44
In the Valley of the Kings, Horemheb commissioned a magnificent tomb. Artistically innovative, it has one foot in the past and one in the future. This tomb introduced a new style of decoration, developed on recent trends, and reshaped the model of royal burials…
Episode Details:
- Date: c. 1323 BCE.
- Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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- Intro and break music: Keith Zizza.
- Outro music and interludes: Luke Chaos.
- Learn more about the tomb of Horemheb at the Theban Mapping Project.
- See Prof. Geoffrey Martin's description of the tomb at YouTube.
- Logo: Unfinished scene from the tomb of Horemheb. Hornung 1971.
Select Bibliography:
- T. M. Davis, The Tombs of Harmhabi and Toutânkhamanou (1912).
- E. Hornung, Das Grab des Haremhab im Tal der Könige (1971).
- Geoffrey Martin, Haremhab, Pharaoh and Conqueror: New Investigations in His Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings (2012). YouTube.
- ‘Horemheb | Theban Mapping Project’, https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-57-horemheb.
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