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=== Ay and Horemheb === | === Ay and Horemheb === | ||
* transition from royal line of 18th dynasty | |||
** to bureaucratic / military leaders who installed themselves as pharaohs | |||
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'''Ay''' | '''Ay''' | ||
* Ay, who is possibly Nefertiti's father, probably exercised power during Tutankhamen's reign | * Ay, who is possibly Nefertiti's father, probably exercised power during Tutankhamen's reign | ||
** Ay succeeded him as full pharaoh | |||
'''Horemheb''' | '''Horemheb''' | ||
* Horemheb succeeded Ay as pharaoh and was the last 18th dynasty pharaoh | * Horemheb succeeded Ay as pharaoh and was the last 18th dynasty pharaoh | ||
* political divisions had grown under Akhenaten and his successors | |||
** Horemheb reorganized the kingdom, consolidating power | |||
** commenced the "erasure" of Akhenaten | |||
*** demolished monuments and art of the "Armana period" (period of Akhenaten and his successors) | |||
* Horemheb was son-in-law of Ay | * Horemheb was son-in-law of Ay | ||
* Ay had tried to install is own son as pharaoh | |||
*** but Horemheb, who was chief general under Tutankhamun and Ay, took power for himself | *** but Horemheb, who was chief general under Tutankhamun and Ay, took power for himself | ||
* Horemheb chose Ramses I to succeed him | |||
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=== Ramses I & Seti === | === Ramses I & Seti === | ||