THE TOMB OF VIZIER REKHMIRE

Vizier Rekhmire served as Mayor of the city of Thebes and Vizier ofUpper Egypt, and was responsible for administration and justice during the reign of the great pharaoh Thutmose III. The vizier?s tomb is acultural legacy of international significance. The textual andiconographic details of TT100, the largest private sepulcher of the18th Dynasty in the Theban necropolis, will be analyzed in thiswork.The first volume of the study of the tomb of the vizier Rekhmireoffers a detailed description of the well-known scene of foreignersbringing tribute. Over five registers, representatives of the lands of Punt, the Keftiu, Nubia, Retenu and Levantine and Nubian captives,parade before the vizier carrying different products from theirrespective countries as gifts intended for the pharaoh.The different aspects of this scene are examined in depth, especiallythose relating to the people of Keftiu. The representations of thesepeople provide clues as to their origins, and to the reasons for their presence in Egypt during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III,which have been subjects of academic controversy. The author alsoraises various hypotheses about the possible causes of the damnatiomemoriae that the vizier and the decoration of his tomb were subjected to.