RECONSTRUCTIONS

THE MEMPHITE TOMB OF HOREMHEB



	As an outlet for my interest in Egyptian aesthetics and thought, I have over the last four years been experimenting with virtual reconstruction of ancient monuments. My main subject is the private tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara. A remarkable monument filled with unique scenes of actual events rather than the expected canon of funary images, The General Horemheb's private tomb, he was later to become king, is the largest yet found in the New Kingdom necropolis. Built over Old Kingdom mastabas opposite the ancient capital, it has the plan of a state temple in miniature. Not content with reconstructions I have seen, I decided I could do better. To this end, my goal is to produce images with as much accuracy as possible, but imbued with a liveliness lacking in most other examples. I include as much detail and features as possible gathered from source material such as excavation memoirs etc. and with extensive research attempt to 'fill in the blanks' in a plausible manner. This has necessitated my acquiring a knowledge of Middle Egyptian as even the texts should be legible - no meaningless babble. Every part must be as true as I can make it to my unerstanding of ancient thought. Of course, the great benifit of virutal models is that they can be altered when new information presents itself, so that the work is always open to improvement.
		The First Gate Looking east along the central axis from the gate of the First Pylon.
		The Second Pylon The Second Pylon from the south-east corner of the first court.
		The Second Pylon The Second Pylon from the north-east corner of the first court.
		The First Pylon The west face of the First Pylon seen from the south-west corner of the first court.
		The First Pylon at Dawn The west face of the First Pylon seen from the noert-west corner of the first court at dawn.
		The Second Gate The gateof the Second Pylon looking east axialy.
		The Great Court The Great Court from the east side of its peristyle.
		The Great Court Looking to the south-west corner of the Great Court from the middle of the north peristyle.
		The Great Court and Second Pylon Looking south-east toward the west face of the Second Pylon.
		The West Peristyle of the Great Court The west peristyle of the Great Court, looking south.
		The Axis Looking east axialy from the weastern peristyle of the Great Court.