Sheikh Abd el-Qurna - Tomb of Rekhmere

Opposite the entrance to the Upper Precinct is the Tomb of Rekhmere (No. 100), a Vizier under Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II. It consists of a forecourt and a wide chamber, from which a long corridor of some height, gradually becoming higher towards the far end, runs into the rock, ending (18ft/5.50m above ground level) in a small recess, originally closed by a false door and intended to contain a statue of the dead man (the serdab).

In the main chamber, on the left hand entrance wall, Rekhmere (on right) is depicted sitting in his audience hall receiving petitioners; to the left, people bringing tribute. On the rear wall he is seen receiving gifts from foreign people, depicted in five rows (from top to bottom): the people of Punt;