Djhutmose

"The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Djhutmose" (also spelled Thutmose and Thutmosis) was apparently the court sculptor of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter part of his reign. A German archaeological expedition digging in the deserted city of Amarna found a ruined house/studio complex during their 1912 campaign; the building was identified as Djhutmose's based on a item with his name and job title on it found in a rubbish pit in the building's courtyard. Since it gave his occupation as "sculptor", and the building was clearly a sculpture workshop, it seemed a logical connection.

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Among many other sculptural items recovered at the same time was the famous head of Nefertiti, apparently a master study for others to copy, which was found on the floor of a storeroom.

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Thutmose: Thutmose (also rendered Thutmosis, Tutmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, etc.) is the name conventionally given to several Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, an Anglicization of the Egyptian name "Djehuty-mes", usually translated as "Born of the god Thoth":...

Pharaoh: : This article refers to the historical pharaoh. For pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham); for the book by Boleslaw Prus, see Faraon; for the computer game see Pharaoh (computer game)...

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