Architects
The Builders - Builders & BuildingsAncient Egypt’s Monumental Dreamers in Stone
The Architects from ancient times are not always known. It appears that Pharaoh’s appointed Vizier was often involved in any building project although this may have been in a administrative overseer capacity rather than as the actual Architect for the project.
This differs in a few cases that Egyptologists are aware of and these are the Architects that we today have some information about. These are
Amenhotep
Architect for Pharaoh Amenhotep III
Ankhhaf
Architect for Pharaohs Khufu & Khafre
Senenmut
Architect for Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Imhotep
Architect for Pharaoh Djoser
Hemiunu
Architect for Pharaoh Khufu
The projects that they were in charge of would have included:
- Pyramids
- Tombs
- Temples
- Shrines
- Remains of Town and Cities
- Fortresses
- Mastabas
Some of the individual pieces of Architect which would have needed to be planned were:
- Columns
- Pylons
- Walls
- Statues
- Obelisks
Other discovered Architects
Neferhotep succeeded his father and grandfather as an Architect and Builder for the Royals, working for King Ramses II. He oversaw the work carried out in the Valley of the Kings and lived in Deir el Medina. His line ended with him as apparently had no living child to pass his work and knowledge on to
