Egypt on the offensive.
King Tutankhamun’s government had to deal with major threats in the north. Instability and regional warfare had spread through Syria and Canaan. To tackle these, pharaoh despatched his most prominent general. Horemheb, representative of the King, led the soldiers of Egypt into battle…
- Date c.1340 BCE.
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Another interesting episode. There’s a couple of other pieces of evidence for Tutankhamun being present at battles (although actually fighting may be an exagerration). There is the beautiful box from his tomb depicting him in battle. Also on this and the Thebes battle relief uniquely he is shown sat in his chariot rather than standing. This is curiously specific given his clubfoot and walking canes. It suggests that he did ride in chariots though perhaps with a standing driver (there was a test done to see if a chariot could be driven by a driver with feet strapped to mimic clubfoot and it was extremely difficult). Finally there is the armour from his tomb which is highly functional and sophiscated rather than particularly ceremonial see for example https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5545915/Was-Tutankhamun-child-warrior-Armour-reveals-famed-pharaoh-battle-hardened-soldier.html
Thanks Dan, greatly appreciated. We will be covering the painted box in a future episode, as well as digging deeper into the Theban reliefs. Regarding the “seated chariot” depiction, do you have a reference for that? I’m not aware of such an image.
Dominic
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As a museum professional could I make a comment ? “Playing” the trumpets from the tomb of Tutankhamun would be regarded as completely unacceptable today. These are irreplaceable artefacts. One trumpet was completely shattered and destroyed in the process of “playing”; the other was damaged. Added to this they were contaminated by saliva and sweat as well as by handling. I find it painful to listen to precious artefacts being destroyed.
Thank you for your attention.