The
tomb of Rekhmire is richly decorated, and is also
an interesting historical document. As Rekhmire
was vizier, this tomb tells us much about the
foreign policy during the reigns of Tuthmosis 3
and Amenophis 2.
We can see images of the process of collecting
taxes inside Egypt, of the building of temples,
the inspection of agriculture. All with Rekhmire
in the leading part. In the long corridor we can
see interesting images from everyday life of
ancient Egypt. Deep in this corridor, the imagery
shifts in direction of issues on the afterlife.
There are images from the afterworld, as well as
from Rekhmire's funerary procession and offerings
given to secure his success in the afterlife.
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