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==Cultural depictions== ===Film=== * Horemheb was portrayed by [[Nonso Anozie]] in ''[[Tut (miniseries)| Tut miniseries]]'' (2015), a three-part miniseries based on Tutankhamun * Horemheb was portrayed by [[Victor Mature]] in ''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]'' (1954), the film adaptation of [[Mika Waltari]]'s bestselling novel. * Horemheb was portrayed by [[Salah Zulfikar]] in ''[[Nefertiti y Aquenatos|Nefertiti and Akhenaton]]'' (1973), Mexican short film of [[Raúl Araiza (director)|Raúl Araiza]]. ===Television=== * Horemheb was portrayed by British actor [[Nonso Anozie]] in the 2015 mini-TV series ''[[Tut (miniseries)|Tut]]'' which aired on [[Spike (TV network)|Spike]] in the US, and on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] in the UK. ===Music=== * Horemheb is a character in the opera ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]'' by [[Philip Glass]]; he is sung by a baritone. ===Literature=== * Horemheb is a major character in Nick Drake's trilogy of mystery novels, ''The Book of the Dead'', ''Tutankhamun'' and ''The Book of Chaos''.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} * Horemheb is a major character in [[P. C. Doherty]]'s trilogy of historical novels, ''An Evil Spirit Out of the West'', ''The Season of the Hyaena'' and ''The Year of the Cobra''. * Horemheb is a major character in [[Pauline Gedge]]'s historical novel ''The Twelfth Transforming''. * Horemheb is a major character in Katie Hamstead's trilogy, ''Kiya: Hope of the Pharaoh'', ''Kiya: Mother of the King'' and ''Kiya: Rise of a New Dynasty''. * Horemheb is a key character in Kyah Merritt's historical trilogy ''A Legacy of Light (trilogy)''. * Horemheb is a minor character in the novels ''Nefertiti'' and '' The Heretic Queen'' by [[Michelle Moran]]. * Horemheb appears as a major character in [[Lynda Suzanne Robinson]]'s ''Lord Meren'' series of Egyptian mysteries. * Horemheb is a minor character in [[Chie Shinohara]]'s Japanese graphic novel, ''[[Red River (manga)|Red River]]'', centered around ancient Anatolia and ancient Egypt. * Horemheb is a major character in [[Mika Waltari]]'s 1945 historical fiction international bestseller ''[[The Egyptian]]''<ref>{{cite book |first=Mika |last=Waltari |author-link=Mika Waltari |title-link=The Egyptian |title=Sinuhe Egyptiläinen |language=fi |date=November 1945 |trans-title=Sinuhe, The Egyptian |publisher=[[Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö|WSOY]] |place=Helsinki}} (note that many later translations, including the 1949 English edition, were heavily abridged and [[Bowdlerized]])</ref> * Horemheb is a major character, originally named ''Kaires'', in two novels by [[Allen Drury]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Allen |last=Drury |author-link=Allen Drury |title=[[A God Against the Gods]] |publisher=Doubleday |date=July 1976 |isbn=0-385-00199-1}} reprinted by WordFire Press in 2015</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Allen |last=Drury |author-link=Allen Drury |title=[[Return to Thebes]] |publisher=Doubleday |date=February 1977 |isbn=0-385-04199-3}} reprinted by WordFire Press in 2015</ref> This version is the illegitimate son of Ay, and has an affair with [[Sitamun]] for many years until he drops the relationship in favor of his kingly ambitions. Initially presented as an easygoing and good-natured courtier, Horemheb becomes increasingly hardened, ambitious, and cynical after being forced to carry out morally questionable tasks, such as killing [[Anen]] and raiding the Theban temple of Amun, both on behalf of [[Akhenaten]]. He also plays a major role in the deaths of both Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. While Ay outmaneuvers him for the throne after Tut's death (Horemheb had planned to force [[Ankhesenamun]] to marry him, but she announced a marriage to Ay instead), Horemheb easily forces his ailing father to accept him as heir a few years later. * Horemheb is a key character in Judith Tarr's historical novel ''Pillar of Fire.''
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