168: Horemheb - Security in the Valley of the Kings

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 repair it if necessary… Episode details: Date: c.1324 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Intro music: Luke Chaos. Interlude music: Luke Chaos and Keith Ziza. Outro music: Bettina Joy de Guzman. See the tomb of Thutmose IV at the Theban Mapping Project. Select 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 K. M. Bryson, ‘The Reign of Horemheb: History, Historiography, and the Dawn of the Ramesside Era’, Unpublished PhD.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’, accessed 8.27.2022. ‘Thutmosis IV — KV43’, accessed 8.27.2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices