Senenmut

Senenmut was an Egyptian architect and royal official who served Queen Hatshepsut. He oversaw construction of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri and held influential court positions.

Hatshepsut: An Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh who ruled Egypt as king and commissioned major building projects. Senenmut’s rise and architectural commissions were closely tied to her reign.
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut: A terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri built for Hatshepsut’s mortuary cult. Senenmut oversaw its construction, his most celebrated architectural commission.
Ancient Egyptian architecture: The design and construction traditions of buildings in ancient Egypt. Senenmut’s work belongs to a tradition of monumental stone construction.
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt: An Egyptian dynasty of the New Kingdom, spanning roughly the sixteenth through fourteenth centuries BCE. Senenmut’s career unfolded during this dynasty’s expansion and royal building activity.
Hatshepsut's proscription: The later removal or alteration of Hatshepsut’s names and images from Egyptian monuments. Damage to monuments complicates reconstruction of Senenmut’s final position at court.
Thutmose III: An Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh who ruled Egypt after and alongside Hatshepsut. His later reign provides the political context for Senenmut’s disappearance from the record.
Senenmut's Tomb (TT71): A large unfinished Theban tomb prepared for Senenmut on the hillside at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Its scale and decoration record the status he attained at Hatshepsut’s court.
Vizier (ancient Egypt): A senior Egyptian official who supervised government administration under the king. Senenmut held high administrative offices within the royal government.
Thebes, Egypt: An ancient Egyptian city that served as a major religious and political center. Senenmut’s career and monuments were centered in the Theban region.
Ancient Egyptian ostracon: A pottery or limestone fragment used in ancient Egypt for writing, drawing, or accounting. Ostraca from Deir el-Bahri provide evidence about the temple workforce and construction.

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