The rock tombs of El Amarna .. The Tomb of Huya ( No. 1 ) .. Part ( 10 )

The No. 1 of the list is the tomb of Huya, who, according to the inscriptions in it, was Superintendent of the Royal Harem, Superintendent of the Treasury, and Superintendent of the House – all the offices being held in connexion with the household, not of the Pharaoh, but of his mother Queen Tiy .

El-Amarna - The Private Houses .. The Official Residence of a Noble – Workmen's Houses – Foreigners' Houses .. Part ( 9 )

Such was the estate of a private individual – not a particularly wealthy one perhaps, but nevertheless quite a warm man . And every private house conforms to the principles just described . A prince might have a dozen columns in his entrance hall and a few more rooms, a poor man was content with a hovel consisting of a central room with mere cubby-holes opening off it, but the principle of a main living-room surrounded by others to keep it cool is invariable .

El-Amarna - The Private Houses .. The Typical Private Estate .. Part ( 8 )

From Palaces and Temples we descend to private houses . These are best studied in the North Suburb, for not only is that the one section of the city to be completely excavated, but the houses on the whole belong to the middle classes and display perfectly the essentials of the Amarna house without the elaborations and additions of the nobleman's mansion .