169: Horemheb, Reinventing the Tomb

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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