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The Ascent of Sen-en-Mut-photos

All evidences indicate that Sen-en-Mut and all his family came from On, the present Armat at about 20 Km. from Thebes. Of his family we know from the tomb located in Gurna, next to the 71 of Senenmut, that his father was called Ramose and that he only had the title of "respectable". His mother was called Hatnofer and her name was only accompanied of the title "Lady of the house".

All evidences indicate that Thutmosis II named to Sen-en-Mut: "Administrative of the goods of the queen Hatshepsut"; "Administrative of the goods of the princess Neferu Ra".

Once he had reached its career in palace, he began to acquire additional responsibilities and more titles: Chief, Supervisor, Supervisor of Supervisors of all the works of the King; Superintendent of the Treasure; Superintendent of the Guns; Superintendent of the Castle of the Red Crown; Governor of the Royal Palace; Superintendent of the Private Rooms, etc...

The majority of the historians of this period have considered the meteoric ascend to the power of Sen-en-Mut and the final "usurpation" of the pharaonic tiles by Hatshepsut, as somewhat inseparable.

After the death of Thutmosis II, the youth reign was the unquestionable lady of the Two Lands, first as regent on behalf of his stepchild Thutmosis III, and subsequently, when he reached the majority of age, she decided to continue like co-regent with the same rights

The Atef Crown- Ancient Egypt-Photos

The earliest depiction of the Atef Crown dates to the reign of Sahure (5th Dynasty). It consists of a central element, similar in shape to the White Crown, which is woven from plant stems and flanked by two ostrich feathers. Generally worn on top of a wig adorned with the simple circlet and horns, it may, from the New Kingdom onward, also have disks and uraei. The meaning of the word atef, which occurs from the Coffin Texts on, is disputed. It may mean "his might" or "his terror", but scholars are not sure of even this. The crown is associated particularly with the gods Osiris and Heryshef, the latter embodying the united gods Re and Osiris, the rulers of the sky and netherworld, day and night. According to chapter 175 of the Book of Going Forth by Day (the Book of the Dead), it is bestowed by the sun god. The atef can also be worn by Horus and Re in their various forms. From the time of Tuthmosis III on, the ished-fruit, from the mythic tree that stands on the horizon at sunrise, can replace the solar disk normally surmounting the atef. This symbolism of solar renewal, and related fertility, appears to complement that of the nemes headdress. The triple atef, Egyptian hmhm (The Roaring One), occurs first under Akhenaten and may have replaced the traditional atef during the Amarna period. Common in representations of the solar child emerging from the lotus flower in the morning, it may identify the king with the sun god at sunrise.