Amenhotep-Huy was a

Vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...

of Ancient Egypt during the reign of

Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...

. Besides being Amenhotep III's Vizier, Amenhotep-Huy was also director of Upper and

Lower Egypt Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, ...

and overseer of all the works of the King in Upper and Lower Egypt.O'Connor and Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign,University of Michigan Press, 2001

Life and career

There were two Viziers at this time and Amenhotep-Huy served alongside another vizier

Ramose Ramose (Egyptian: '' rꜥ-ms(.w)'') was an ancient Egyptian name, meaning "Ra is born". Variants of the name include Ramesses (''Ramessu'') and Paramessu; these various spellings could be used to refer to the same person. Notable bearers of t ...

. It is not entirely clear who served as Vizier of northern Egypt and who served as Vizier of southern Egypt. Amenhotep-Huy is attested in both the north and the south. He is attested in inscriptions from Gebel el Silsila where he oversaw work in the sandstone quarry.

Tomb and Burial

Amenhotep-Huy owned a tomb, k028, in the

Theban necropolis The Theban Necropolis is a necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes (Luxor) in Upper Egypt. It was used for ritual burials for much of the Pharaonic period, especially during the New Kingdom. Mortuary temples * Deir el-Bahri ...

. This tomb was located by Dieter Eigner and identified by Andrew Gordon in 1978 in El-Assasif, Thebes. A multi-national team led by the ''Instituto de Estudios del Antiguo Egipto de Madrid'' and Martin Valentin have been studying the architectural elements of the tomb since 2009. In February 2014, Egyptian Ministry for Antiquities announced what it called conclusive evidence that

Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

shared power with his father for at least 8 years, based on the evidence coming from the tomb of Vizier Amenhotep-Huy.Proof found of Amenhotep III-Akhenaten co-regency
thehistoryblog.com Thus, Amenhotep-Huy must have held his high position also during the co-regency.

References

Viziers of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt 5. “Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Curse of the Mummy”. Season 2, Episode 8. National Geographic Channel {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub