A picture of King Horemheb
?He is the last king of the Eighteenth Dynasty. How can a mind believe that this drawing is centuries old
Hor or Heb was the last pharaoh of the Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty in the history of ancient Egypt. He was the Pharaoh of Egypt from 1338 to late 1308 BC in the era of the New Kingdom.
Before becoming pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander-in-chief of the army during the reign of Tutankhamun and Ay.
After ascending the throne, he reformed the Egyptian state, and during his reign official measures began against the former Amarna rulers and their policies. As a result, he is considered the ruler who restored stability to his country after the turbulent and divided Amarna period.
Horemheb demolished the ruins of Akhenaten, reused the ruins in his own building projects, and usurped the ruins of Tutankhamun and Ay.
It is believed that Horemheb originally came from the city of Henes, which was later known as Ihnasia, on the west bank of the Nile River, near the entrance to Faiyum, as the text of his coronation is officially attributed to the god Horus of Henes by installing him on the throne. His lineage is unknown but it is believed that he was a commoner. According to French Egyptologist Nicolas Grimalt, Horemheb does not appear to be the same as Patenemheb (Aten present in jubilation), who was the commander-in-chief of Akhenaten's army.
Horemheb supposedly had no surviving sons, as he appointed his vizier Paramis as his successor, who would take the throne as Ramesses I.
Details from the tomb of Horemheb, Valley of the Kings, Luxor
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