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Khaemhet was overseer of granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Approach to the tomb.

Remodelled entrance. The tomb was discovered in 1842.

Inside, a panorama of plowing and hoeing.

Supervising field laborers.

Fat cattle, shown so small that they hardly rise to the knee. The herders carry papyrus rolls with accounts of the herds.

A grain-transport ship unloads at Thebes. The handles of the oars are carved with images of the king.

A worker drinks from a skin tied to a tree.

Horses pull a chariot.

Khaemhet inspects things while sitting on a folding stool.

Khaemhet, on the left, bows before Amenophis III, whose image was moved long ago to Berlin. Behind Khaemhet, officials show their respect for him.

Khaemhet makes an offering; field workers to left.