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Theban Tomb TT11 (Tomb of Djehuty)

18th Dynasty, reign of Hatshepsut

The tomb of Djehuty, Hatshepsut's overseer of treasury and works, whose inscriptions naming her were later defaced.

This official's tomb, with its defaced references to Hatshepsut, reflects both her administration and the later effort to erase her memory.

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Facade of a tan mud-brick tomb entrance with a dark wooden door, set into a hillside of ruined mud-brick walls and stone terraces. A stone retaining wall runs across the foreground, and a metal railing and wooden canopy frame the site.
Theban Tomb TT11, tomb of Djehuty, overseer of Treasury under Hatshepsut. Dra' Abu el-Naga, Egypt.

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What it is

Theban Tomb TT11, located at Dra' Abu el-Naga on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, is the burial place of Djehuty, an official who served as Overseer of Treasury and of Works during the reign of Hatshepsut.

Why it matters

Djehuty managed goods brought from the land of Punt and oversaw obelisk construction projects for Hatshepsut, showing the scale of her administration and ambitious building program. The later defacement of texts naming her within the tomb is physical evidence of the campaign, carried out after her death, to erase her memory from official records.

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  • What does the damage to the inscriptions tell us about attitudes toward Hatshepsut after her reign?
  • Why might an official's tomb reveal as much about a ruler as a royal monument does?
  • What questions can't be answered just from the tomb's structure alone?

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