Amenhotep-Huy was a Vizier of Ancient Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep III. Besides being Amenhotep III's Vizier, Amenhotep-Huy was also director of Upper and Lower Egypt and overseer of all the works of the King in Upper and Lower Egypt.O'Connor and Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, University of Michigan Press, 2001
Life and career There were two Viziers at this time and Amenhotep-Huy served alongside another vizier Ramose. It is not entirely clear who served as Vizier of northern Egypt and who served as Vizier of southern Egypt.A. Gordon, Who was the Southern Vizier during the Last Part of the Reign of Amenhotep III, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 48 (1989), pp. 15-23. Amenhotep-Huy is attested in both the north and the south. He is attested in inscriptions from Gebel el Silsila where he oversaw work in the sandstone quarry.
Tomb and Burial Amenhotep-Huy owned a tomb, k028, in the Theban necropolis. This tomb was located by Dieter Eigner and identified by Andrew Gordon in 1978 in El-Assasif, Thebes.D. Eigner: Das thebanische Grab des Amenhotep, Wesir von Unterägypten: die Architektur. In: Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Kairo 39 (1983), pp. 39-50A. Gordon, The Tomb of the Vizier Amenhotep at Thebes. In: Mitteilungen des deutschen archäologischen Instituts Kairo 39 (1983), pp. 71-80.
A multi-national team led by the Instituto de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto de Madrid and Martin Valentin have been studying the architectural elements of the tomb since 2009. In February 2014, Egyptian Ministry for Antiquities announced what it called conclusive evidence that Akhenaten shared power with his father for at least 8 years, based on the evidence coming from the tomb of Vizier Amenhotep-Huy.Pharaoh power-sharing unearthed in Egypt Daily News Egypt. February 6, 2014Proof found of Amenhotep III-Akhenaten co-regency thehistoryblog.com Thus, if a co-regency happened, Amenhotep-Huy must have held his high position also during this time. However, this conclusion has since been called into question by other Egyptologists, according to whom the inscription means only that construction on Amenhotep-Huy's tomb started during Amenhotep III's reign and ended under Akhenaten's, and Amenhotep-Huy thus simply wanted to pay his respects to both rulers, carving their names separately rather than simultaneously.
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