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The hieroglyphic
name of Akhethotep |
Akhethotep the formal of the
Fifth Dynasty and the boy of the vizier Ptah-hotep Akhethotep attended
Niuserre (2416-2392 B.C.E.) as Vizer, a position likewise held by his father before him. He also served as a judge and as an superintendent of priests took in the mortuary rituals taken at the pyramids of passed pharaohs. His grandson, Ptah-Hotep (2), the important sage famous for his
Maxims, was buried in an alcove of Akhethoteps tomb. Elaborate paintings testify to the riches and prestige of this named family. Akhethotep's tomb was saw in
Saqqara, close modern Cairo.
Tomb of Akhethetep:
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Akhethotep, from the
mastaba of Akhethotep |
The Tomb of Akhethetep, or the
Mastaba of Akhethotep, is a tomb complex that was built and good at unique times in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt. It is the grave of Akhethotep, a royal official, situated near the western break of the
Step Pyramid in Saqqara. Akhethotep and his son Ptahhotep Tshefi, grandson of Ptahhotep, were superior court officials during the patterns of
King Djedkare (2414-2375 BC) and
King Unas (Weinis), towards the end of the 5th dynasty (2494 to 2345 BC).
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| The tomb of Akhethetep |
The tomb was described in 1903 by Georges Aaron Bndite and two female workfellow, Miss Petrie and Miss Murray. Akhethotep was a high dignitary of Ancient Egypt who gone during the Fifth Dynasty around 2400 BC and placed its expression initially. He was a son of Peseshet. Bndite excavated the tomb and assembled it in the Louvre in Paris. One of the portraying on the wall of the tomb was Akhethotep training the building of the tomb.
A sketch plan dated 1940 developed by Abd El Salam Mohammed Hussein, designer of the Department of Antiquities, placed on his explorations about the causeway of King Unis, indicates a group of tombs located about 190220 metres (620720 ft) off from the pyramid of Unis, which among others accepted the tomb of Akhethotep. The tombs were found in a depression about 10 metres (33 ft) below a wall that retained the causeway.
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