Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> Hmmm. Good point. For all we know Horemheb had a
> distant claim to the throne
> even if he wasn't a 'King's Son'. Also, for all we
> know, he was Aye's hand picked
> successor not his rival. Finally I think it's a
> mistake to see either the priesthood
> or the military as a discrete unit given the
> Egyptian elite's tendency to hold
> offices in both as well as the civil service. I
> don't think they made the divisions
> we do.

No, they didn't.

We have no idea if Horemheb had any kind of link to the throne. For years he has been associated with Paatenemheb, a highly-placed noble at Akhetaten, who was also the top military man. I personally think it highly unlikely that two men with similar names & titles would be around, especially since Paatenemheb disappears & Horemheb arrives.

We also don't know what the relationships between Ankhesenamun, Horemheb & Aye were like. Aye had at best a tangental connection to the throne. Horemheb's claim may have been much better.