Tag: Ancient Egypt

• Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, British Museum

  

  Khaemweset (also given as Khaemwaset, Khaemwise, Khaemuas, Setem Khaemwaset, c. 1281-c.1225 BCE) was the fourth son of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and his queen Isetnefret. He was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis during his father’s reign, presided over the burial of the Apis Bull, oversaw the construction of the Serapeum at Saqqara, and was…

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  14/03/2020

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• Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Fitzwilliam Museum

  

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  02/10/2018

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• Hetepni, an Ancient Egyptian Tax Collector

  

    Hetepni was an accountant and tax collector in the revenue office of the king over 4000 years ago in Egypt. Found in Saqqara, this mortuary statue tells us that he was was responsible: ‘…for the counting of everything that crawled or flew in the water and in the marshland‘. The statue dates from the…

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  12/10/2017

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