Caregiver and Tutor. Young Tut’ankhamun had multiple caregivers. We have already met Maia, the menat of the King. Now, we meet Sen-nedjem, the menay. From his large (but overlooked) tomb, Sen-nedjem left a record of his work, family, and beliefs. We explore this monument and get a sense of his world…
Date: c. 1353 – 1340 BCE
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Music by Keith Zizza.
Music by Jeffrey Goodman.
Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh.
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M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).
Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013).
N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
B. G. Ockinga, A Tomb from the Reign of Tutankhamun at Akhmim (The Australian Centre for Egyptology Reports 10; Warminster, 1997).
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