169: Royal Tomb: Maverick

In the Valley of the Kings, Horemheb commissioned a magnificent tomb. Artistically innovative, it has one foot in the past and one in the future. This tomb introduced a new style of decoration, developed on recent trends, and reshaped the model of royal burials… Episode Details: Date: c. 1323 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Intro and break music: Keith Zizza. Outro music and interludes: Luke Chaos. Learn more about the tomb of Horemheb at the Theban Mapping Project. See Prof. Geoffrey Martin's description of the tomb at YouTube. Logo: Unfinished scene from the tomb of Horemheb. Hornung 1971. Select Bibliography: T. M. Davis, The Tombs of Harmhabi and Toutânkhamanou (1912). E. Hornung, Das Grab des Haremhab im Tal der Könige (1971). Geoffrey Martin, Haremhab, Pharaoh and Conqueror: New Investigations in His Royal Tomb in the Valley of the Kings (2012). YouTube. ‘Horemheb | Theban Mapping Project’, https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-57-horemheb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices