Horemheb tomb in the early 19th century
The tomb's discoveries were not limited to statues and movable objects. The tomb was the largest in the New Kingdom. The discovery of fetal bones along with the skeleton of a woman possibly of Horemheb's wife Mutnedjemet in his tomb at Memphis suggests that the tomb was an important ritual site for Horemheb. The central chamber is topped with a pyramid symbolizing the sun of rebirth. Horemheb was both Tutankhamun's teacher who ruled Egypt for a period and Tutankhamun's general who restored stability after the chaos of Akhenaten's reign between 1323 and 1295 BC.
Late 18th Dynasty relief from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara shows Nubian prisoners being captured by Egyptian soldiers.
The burial chamber is underground accessed through a vertical opening cut through the floor of an inner courtyard. To the south of the chamber on the wall is the chariot of Eunice the ninth and last pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt 2375–2345 BC. Like other important tombs this tomb is a temple tomb. Horemheb's tomb is richly decorated. It represents the first use of bas-relief in the valley from which the present great temple was named. The tomb is entered through a colonnaded doorway facing two open temple courtyards which in turn face the inner chambers of the church. The tomb is one of the most decorated in Egypt but the six-columned burial chamber which is partially
Relief of a starving nomad from the causeway walls of the 5th Dynasty Pharaoh UNAS 2353–2323 171 PHARAOHS OF EGYPT at Saqqara.
The tomb is also decorated with images of Tutankhamun especially those showing the status of Tutankhamun before he ascended the throne for which Tutankhamun gave Horemheb a gold medal of honor as an intermediary. The gold medal was awarded to an official who performed an outstanding service. Horemheb who was not born into this dynasty and ruled for 28 years revived the cult of Amun. The tomb is about 128 meters long.
From the entrance a steep staircase and corridor lead to a well-lit chamber decorated with a figure of Horemheb in front of a beautiful group of gods all set against a blue-gray background. The lotus crown of the young god Nefertem, in Egyptian mythology represents both the primordial sunlight and the symbol of the blue lotus. On the walls the black-striped wig of Hathor shows that the decoration used an inkwell grid system. The sarcophagus was a human figure, built from a blank granite block then carved and painted. The stone sarcophagus of the pharaoh carved with the winged goddess outstretched for protection remains in the tomb along with the missing mummy. A number of wooden sculptures have also been discovered. The bas-reliefs in the tomb include scenes of Horemheb acting as intermediaries on the walls.
Pillar at the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, 18th Dynasty official To the south of Djoser's pyramid and the Maya tombs, dating back to the New Kingdom, unlike the other tombs at Saqqara, after the restoration of Memphis as a capital.
In the tomb temple of Horemheb is an important monument of Egypt and a beautiful tomb temple. Based on the belief in the ritual of Horemheb to the gods that made the Egyptians have a period of revival of the belief in the culture of the god Amun has returned again in the era of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. With the important function of Horemheb on the stone carvings on the entrance and walls of the temple that the ancient Egyptians in the past dedicated to Horemheb are still beautiful the original condition has deteriorated very little in the Egyptian temple of Horemheb.
