Securing the halls.

In the 8th year of Horemheb’s reign, a royal official named Maya visited a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. He was there to inspect the burial of Thutmose IV, to ensure its security, and renew it if necessary…

  • Date: c.1324 BCE.
  • Intro music: Luke Chaos.
  • Interlude music: Luke Chaos and Keith Ziza.
  • Outro music: Bettina Joy de Guzman.
  • Banner image: Maya’s graffito in KV43 (Davis, 1904).
  • See the tomb of Thutmose IV at the Theban Mapping Project.

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Bibliography

  • B. M. Bryan, The Reign of Thutmose IV (Baltimore, 1991).
  • K. M. Bryson, ‘The Reign of Horemheb: History, Historiography, and the Dawn of the Ramesside Era’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2018).
  • H. Carter, ‘Introduction’, in T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (London, 1904), VII—XII.
  • T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (2002 Reprint edn, London, 1904).
  • P. E. Newberry, ‘Description of the Tomb and Sarcophagus of Thoutmôsis IV’, in T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (London, 1904), XXIX—XL.
  • N. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996).
  • ‘Thutmes IV | Theban Mapping Project’, <https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-43-thutmes-iv> accessed 8.27.2022.
  • ‘Thutmosis IV — KV43’, <https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/pharaons/thoutmosis4/e_thoutmosis4_01.htm> accessed 8.27.2022.