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Menna (other)
Menna was an official of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Menna may also refer to: Given name * Menna Clatworthy, British immunologist * Menna El-Tanany (born 1990), Egyptian badminton player * Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh poet and playwright * Menna Fadali (born 1983), Egyptian actress and singer * Menna Fitzpatrick (born 1998), British alpine skier * Menna Gallie (1919–1990), Welsh novelist * Menna Hamed (born 1998), Egyptian squash player * Menna Nasser (born 1994), Egyptian squash player * Menna Shalabi (born 1981), Egyptian actress * Menna Rawlings (born 1967), British diplomat * Menna Richards, Welsh journalist * Menna Tarek (born 2000), Egyptian footballer * Menna van Praag, English novelist Surname * Domenico Menna (1632–1691), Italian Catholic bishop * Filiberto Menna (1926–1989), Italian art critic and art historian * Joseph Menna (born 1970), American sculptor and engraver * Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), Brazilian artist * Lisa Menna (born 1964), American m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menna
The ancient Egyptian official named Menna carried a number of titles associated with the agricultural estates of the temple of Karnak and the king. Information about Menna comes primarily from his richly decorated tomb ( TT 69) in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd al-Qurna at Thebes. Though his tomb has traditionally been dated to the reign of Thutmose IV, stylistic analysis of the decoration places the majority of construction and decoration of the tomb to the reign of Amenhotep III. Titles Menna was unique for the 18th Dynasty because he carried titles associated with both temple and palace administration. Though the pharaoh technically owned both temple and palace agricultural estates, administration of these institutions was traditionally separated. Egyptologist Dr. Melinda Hartwig argues that the high cost of Amenhotep III's ambitious building projects resulted in a consolidation of temple and royal grain administration in order to pay the workers Amenhotep III utilized to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
