Horemheb«/b» (sometimes spelled «i»Horemhab«/i» or «i»Haremhab«/i» and meaning «u»«i»Horus «/u» is in Jubilation«/i») was the last «u»Pharaoh «/u» of the «u»18th Dynasty «/u» from 1319 BC to late 1292 BC«u»[1]«/u», although he was not related to the preceding royal family and is believed to have been of common birth. Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief of the army under the reigns of «u»Tutankamun «/u» and «u»Ay «/u». After his accession to the throne he reformed the state and it was under his reign that official action against the preceding «u»Amarna «/u» rulers began. Horemheb demolished monuments of «u»Akhenaten «/u», reusing their remains in his own building projects, and usurped monuments of Tutankhamun and Ay. Horemheb presumably remained childless and he appointed his vizier Paramesse as his successor, who would assume the throne as «u»Ramesses I «/u».
- 1292 B.C.
