Horemheb vs Ay, Tutankhamun, and others.

Everyone talks about Horemheb “erasing” Akhenaten. But the King demolished monuments of several rulers and erased the names of others. What does it all mean?

  • Date: c. 1327 BCE.
  • Music intro: Luke Chaos.
  • Music interludes: Luke Chaos.
  • Music outro: Keith Zizza.

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Bibliography

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  • A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, 2017).
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  1. Rishabh

    Honestly Horemheb rubs me as kind of salty. I can understand Ay and Nakhtmin, maybe even Ankhesenamun (he may have been upset at her “rejection”), but I honestly don’t see why he was so keen on usurping Tutankhamun’s monuments and not letting him have the credit of starting the project of restoration. That feels kind of petty. Horemheb definitely makes a compelling, possibly comical (depending on what motives are ascribed to him) character.

    • DominicPerry

      Horemheb is definitely saltier than the Wadi Natrun 😅

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