The History of Egypt Podcast

168: Security in the Valley of the Kings

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Securing the halls. In the 8th year of Horemheb's reign, a royal official named Maya visited a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. He was there to inspect the burial of Thutmose IV, to ensure its security, and repair it if necessary…


Episode details:

  • Date: c.1324 BCE.
  • Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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  • Intro music: Luke Chaos.
  • Interlude music: Luke Chaos and Keith Ziza.
  • Outro music: Bettina Joy de Guzman.
  • See the tomb of Thutmose IV at the Theban Mapping Project.
  • Logo image: Detail from the chariot of Thutmose IV (Photo by Dominic Perry).


    • Select Bibliography:

    • B. M. Bryan, The Reign of Thutmose IV (Baltimore, 1991).
    • K. M. Bryson, ‘The Reign of Horemheb: History, Historiography, and the Dawn of the Ramesside Era’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2018).
    • H. Carter, ‘Introduction’, in T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (London, 1904), VII—XII.
    • T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (2002 Reprint edn, London, 1904).
    • P. E. Newberry, ‘Description of the Tomb and Sarcophagus of Thoutmôsis IV’, in T. M. Davis (ed.), The Tomb of Thoutmôsis IV (London, 1904), XXIX—XL.
    • N. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996).
    • ‘Thutmes IV | Theban Mapping Project’, <https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-43-thutmes-iv> accessed 8.27.2022.
    • ‘Thutmosis IV — KV43’, <https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/pharaons/thoutmosis4/e_thoutmosis4_01.htm> accessed 8.27.2022.

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