13/01/2026
Tomb of Rekhmire, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor (TT100)..𓎛 𓄿 𓋴 𓋴 𓄿 𓈖 𓀂🔥🧿𓇼𓂀❤️🇪🇬
Rekhmire was Governor of the Town (Thebes) and Vizier during the reigns of King Tuthmose III and King Amenhotep II of Dynasty XVIII.
as the highest civil official of the land, Rekhmire built his tomb as a simple T-shaped structure in the traditional style, although on a larger scale and it has the unusual features of a very long passage with a steeply sloping ceiling. The passage does not contain a burial shaft and this leads us to suppose that Rekhmire was buried somewhere else in the necropolis (perhaps in the King’s Valley) although another tomb has never been found.
The entrance is decorated with the usual offering texts and prayers. The wall of the hall of the entrance shows Rekhmire in the Hall of Judgement inspecting the produce of Egypt including cattle, grain and gold, delivered to him as taxes. The text describes the goods brought from the areas of Elephantine down to Asyut and it was the vizier’s responsibility to receive and account for these taxes for the king. The short wall at the left side of the hall has a long autobiographical text of Rekhmire.
The wall opposite the entrance at the southern end depicts the tribute brought from foreign countries in five registers. In the top register produce from the land of Punt is recorded by scribes and includes incense trees (myrrh), gold and precious stones, ivory, a baboon, monkeys and animal skins. Below this comes the tribute from Keftju (Crete or the Mediterranean Islands), which includes decorative vases, silver, lapis lazuli, and amphorae and pots in the shape of animal heads. The men bringing the tribute are painted wearing Mycenean rather than Minoan kilts, showing that Mycenean trade probably began during the reign of King Tuthmose III.
In the next register Nubians or Kush*tes bring various animals – giraffe, leopard, baboons, monkeys cattle and dogs as well as ostrich eggs and feathers. Below, Syrians (from the land of Retjenu) dressed in long white robes and pointed beards bring their tribute in the form of wagons and horses, a bear and an elephant, weapons and metal vessels, copper ingots and pottery. In the bottom register a diverse group of foreigners including women and children are brought by military es**rt probably as captives or hostages. at the end of the wall is a very damaged scene which once depicted Rekhmire before King Tuthmose III seated on his throne.
Rekhmire supervised the work of artisans in the temple workshops and royal statues and sphinxes are made for the Temple of Amun. Other objects in the top register include necklaces, weapons, and various vessels and furniture, which may have been intended as burial equipment.
Rekhmire and his wife Meryt can no longer be seen, but their sons Menkheperresoneb and Amenhotep are named with their wives in the inscriptions along with the tomb owner’s grandparents and other relatives. Rekhmire’s grandfather Ametju and uncle User were both viziers before him.
