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One of the more popular AE images is that of hemiunu, "architect of the great pyramid". Recently, I came across a site which says he was a "kinsman" of khufu. That would make him related to menkaura...
I wonder what you all know of this... Architect of the great pyramid? Related to khufu (& therefore menkaura)? How so?
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What do we know about Hemiunu. For one thing he was the nephew of Kuhfu and served him as visier. He was involved with the burial of the King mother as well. His reconstructed statue is not only a classic piece of art but is obviously designed to show the visier as he actually looked.
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rasol, You need to enroll in a near by Art History class. They go into the various purposes for different types of art. If there is none near by perhaps you can find one on line. If I can help you find one be sure and let me know.
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Personally, I think reconstruction of this sort is dishonest and completely defeats the purpose of archaeology.
quote:Horemheb wrote: His reconstructed statue is not only a classic piece of art but is obviously designed to show the visier as he actually looked.
Like the statue of Menkaura, Hemiunu's statue was likely designed to show him as he looked. Unfortunately that purpose was *defeated* when the statue was damaged -- & obviously no modern reconstruction can show Hemiunu as he actually looked, unless there's some other image to go by.
However we think he may have looked, we can't say that *that* is how he looked...
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I saw this statue in person when it came to NY's Metro Museum of Art a few years back. It's interesting that in the lecture the guide gave, she didn't mention at all any reconstruction -- just pointed out that this was the architect of the Great Pyramid...
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Professor Horemheb, while there are college courses in art history, and they do discuss fraud, forgery and misrepresentation (such as the British museum's fake Tetisheri statue), it might be more appropriate for you to start here:
quote:Originally posted by Horemheb: What do we know about Hemiunu. For one thing he was the nephew of Kuhfu and served him as visier. He was involved with the burial of the King mother as well. His reconstructed statue is not only a classic piece of art but is obviously designed to show the visier as he actually looked.
I am starting to seriously doubt your claims of being a member of academia after uttering such a statement.
Please better explain yourself, so that we are clear on what you’re saying (because you can't intelligible say that this is suppose to be an actually depiction of what he really looked like).
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