Panehesy
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The Egyptian
noble Panehesy was the 'Chief servitor of the Aten
in the temple of Aten in Akhetaten' ('Second Prophet of the Lord of the Two Lands'). He was also the 'Seal-bearer of Lower Egypt.'. These titles show how powerful he must have been during the Amarna Period
.
His house has been located in the ruins of Amarna , lying in the main city back from the Royal Road in Amarna. In this house was a large shrine which depicted Akhenaten
, Nefertiti
, and princess Meritaten
making offerings to the Aten.
He had a tomb constructed at Amarna
, Tomb 6 containing scenes of himself and his family and others showing the royal family , but his remains have never been identified. In later times, his tomb was turned into a Coptic place of worship for a while and suffered damage.
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...
noble Panehesy was the 'Chief servitor of the Aten
Aten
Aten is the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. The deified Aten is the focus of the monolatristic, henotheistic, or monotheistic religion of Atenism established by Amenhotep IV, who later took the name Akhenaten in worship in recognition of Aten...
in the temple of Aten in Akhetaten' ('Second Prophet of the Lord of the Two Lands'). He was also the 'Seal-bearer of Lower Egypt.'. These titles show how powerful he must have been during the Amarna Period
Amarna Period
The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the latter half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen was shifted to Akhetaten in what is now modern-day Amarna...
.
His house has been located in the ruins of Amarna , lying in the main city back from the Royal Road in Amarna. In this house was a large shrine which depicted Akhenaten
Akhenaten
Akhenaten also spelled Echnaton,Ikhnaton,and Khuenaten;meaning "living spirit of Aten") known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV , was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt who ruled for 17 years and died perhaps in 1336 BC or 1334 BC...
, Nefertiti
Nefertiti
Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they started to worship one god only...
, and princess Meritaten
Meritaten
Meritaten also spelled Merytaten or Meryetaten was an ancient Egyptian queen of the eighteenth dynasty, who held the position of Great Royal Wife to Pharaoh Smenkhkare, who may have been a brother or son of Akhenaten...
making offerings to the Aten.
He had a tomb constructed at Amarna
Amarna
Amarna is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city newly–established and built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty , and abandoned shortly afterwards...
, Tomb 6 containing scenes of himself and his family and others showing the royal family , but his remains have never been identified. In later times, his tomb was turned into a Coptic place of worship for a while and suffered damage.