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This evening! And it’s sold out apparently… #nopressure It’s 2 years now since the seeds of what became #playinginthepast were sown. I am no gamer so how did I come to be involved in a university-funded public engagement project using @ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins to teach audiences online about ancient Egypt?! For me, this was a great silver lining in all the lockdown gloom in 2020 & 2021 I’ve tried to capture what we did in a short post on my website - see LINK in BIO General view of the Asasif, part of the Theban necropolis and home to the tombs of Harwa (TT 37), Montuemhat (TT 34) and Padiamunope (TT 33) - the three possible ‘Kings in Thebes’ - subject of my most recent lecture online. Big thank you to everyone who came along to the talk. Nice to see you all online again! I’ve now posted a guide to further reading etc, and for anyone who missed the talk there’s a chance to catch up too - see LINK in BIO Great fun talking to Dallas about pyramids for his PATENTED podcast. We met on a film what he was making at Giza doncha know. Go forth and listen (link in Dallas’ bio)! Harwa, Chief Steward of the God’s Wife of Amun, Amunirdis I, daughter of the Kushite king Kashta. The third of the three individuals some claim were ‘kings in Thebes’ during the 25th and 26th Dynasties (see my earlier posts). The first two of these statues (JE 37386 now in the Nubia Museum, Aswan, and CG 48606, Egyptian Museum, Cairo) are certainly him - the inscriptions confirm it (my finger is posting at the ‘God’s Wife’ part of his principal title followed by his name). The third (CG 902, same room, Eg Museum) is thought possibly to be his too, although the sections that would have provided the name are missing. There’s undeniably a certain, ahem, anatomical similarity between all three, which is also reminiscent of the way Harwa was depicted with Anubis in his tomb (TT 37), prior to his rejuvenation at least, as those who came to my talk earlier this week will know. I spent four wonderful seasons working for the Italian Archaeological Mission in that tomb so Harwa and his statues are great favourites of mine. My talk on ROYAL MUMMIES, ROBBERS & CACHES from a year ago is now FREELY AVAILABLE via YOUTUBE - see LINK in BIO. Really enjoyed putting this one together, do have a watch if you haven’t already! Montuemhat, fourth priest of Amun, governor of Thebes, overseer of Upper Egypt. The main man, in 25th/26th Dyn Thebes that is. He is the starting point for our investigation into whether or not there were ‘Kings in Thebes’ at this time (see my forthcoming talk: link in bio). And the owner of more than one statue in this part of the Egyptian Museum, alongside those of my previous two posts. I love these two for their hairstyles and for their facial features which seem compellingly realistic, alive, even? Is this really him, the great Montuemhat? Another exquisite statue from the Karnak ‘cachette’, the same sensational haul of material among which the statue in my last post was also found. Beginning in 1903 Georges Legrain discovered over 700 sculptures buried beneath the pavement of the courtyard between the main, east-west axis of the Amun temple and the 7th pylon (now known as the ‘cour de la cachette’). They included many of the most important pieces for the study of non-royal individuals of the Libyan and Kushite periods. Like the statue of Padiamunope this one is also relevant to my ‘Kings in Thebes’ talk (link in bio) - it depicts the fan-bearer at the right hand of the king, Nakhtefmut and mentions the names of two kings in the inscriptions: Osorkon II and the Theban king Harsiesi… It’s also very beautiful: look in particular at his leopard-skin garment, the images of his wife, Nesmut and daughter, Shepenaset on the sides and the way the sunlight bleeds through the stone (Egyptian alabaster / travertine). How will the GEM compete with the way Ra lights up objects like this in the old museum? Quartzite statue of the Chief Lector Priest, Padiamunope (CG 48615), one of three images that appear on the title slide for my ‘Kings in Thebes’ talk (LINK in BIO!). This is one of several depicting this individual who also owned one of the largest tombs ever built, TT 33 in the Asasif area of the Theban necropolis. It’s a very fine statue - look at the muscles in the right leg for example, and that extraordinary hairstyle - apparently neatly combed(?) but receding a little at the temples. Egyptian statues are often idealised in appearance but it’s not hard to imagine that this feature might have been inspired by how he really looked(?).

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