Hepu (Vizier)
Encyclopedia
Hepu was a Vizier
of Ancient Egypt
. He served during the reign of Tuthmosis IV.
in Abd el Qurna
in Thebes. The hall contains several scenes and one of them is a text of Hepu's installation as vizier before Tuthmosis IV.
Vizier (Ancient Egypt)
The vizier was the highest official in Ancient Egypt to serve the king, or pharaoh during the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. Vizier is the generally accepted rendering of ancient Egyptian tjati, tjaty etc, among Egyptologists...
of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
. He served during the reign of Tuthmosis IV.
Tombs and Burial
Hepu was buried in TT66TT66
The Theban Tomb TT66 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian Vizier Hepu who served during the reign of Tuthmosis IV...
in Abd el Qurna
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
The necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna is located on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt.Named after the doomed tomb of the local saint. This is the most frequently visited cemetery on the Theban west bank, with the largest concentration of private tombs....
in Thebes. The hall contains several scenes and one of them is a text of Hepu's installation as vizier before Tuthmosis IV.