Original Historical Documents of the 21st Dynasty

Comparing the funeral tent of Peinuzem art work with the tomb of Si Amon art work Si Amon and his son - Prevailing Greek influence The royal insignia and empty cartouches of Si Amon The 21st Dynasty discussion The Temple of Umm Ebeida Evidence

The Kheker Freeze Art Work. Si-Amon adoring Osiris. The kheker frieze art work in this picture corresponds to that in vogue in the days of Pharaoh Thutmose III in a chapel of this king at Deir el Bahari and revived during Greek times in Egypt. Khekers with splayed tops were found in the tombs of Thutmose I (KV38), Thutmose III (in the well shaft of KV34) and Amenhotep III (KV35). The same pointed khekers found in the chapel were also found in KV42 and are being used to help in dating that tomb. As a result KV42 is attributed to Hatshepsut-Merytre, the Queen of Sheba. The similarities are not only the khekers themselves but also extend to the frieze of 5 point golden stars on blue underneath the khekers. These stars are seen in the chapel of Thutmose III, KV42 and the tomb of Si-Amon. Having the evidence of these Kheker frieze from KV42

Notice kheker frieze in tomb of Si-Amon in the Siwa Oasis - Ahmed Fakhir.

forms of art dating from the 18th to the 21st Dynasty before us, we hesitate to conclude that such art displays are good chronological indicators since they seemed to be well liked conventions by artists over widely separated time periods. We must remember that about 500 years separate Thutmose III from Si-Amon in conventional dates and about 520 years in revised dating but strictly speaking, the provenance of KV42 is not certain. We also cannot rule out that some tomb art of this type was added to ancient tombs in more recent antiquity, like during 21st Dynasty times, in order to restore them. Also note the grid lines still in place. Does that mean the tomb art was never quite finished? [Conventional dates: ThutIII 1504-1450 BC; Si-Amon 978-959 BC; Revised dates: ThutIII 926-900 BC; Si-Amon about 290-270 BC] - From the Siwa Oasis by Ahmed Fakhri; KMT, Vol. 10, No. 3, Fall 1999. Kheker frieze from chapel of Thutmose III at Deir el Bahari

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