In Africa, the Greek historian, Herodotus, tells us that ancient Egyptian rulers (Pharaohs) required every Egyptian to declare their sources of income annually to the administration officials responsible for the provinces known as
Nomarch.
Tomb III, the focus here, was used as a tomb for a
nomarch and his close relatives, as a place for secondary burials, as a habitat for Christian hermits, as a quarry, and as a base camp for early excavators.
This research was partly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71161005, 71271075), the
Nomarch Foundation of Guizhou Province (2011067), and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-13-0766).
20060657001), the
Nomarch Foundation for Excellent Talents in Science, Technology and Education Field of Guizhou (No.
He was a provincial governor or regional lord known as a
nomarch; also described is his wife's coffin.
NOMARCH [governor of a nome] A good DA monarch and a charade (no march).
Moving ahead in time, of special importance is GT6, a badly eroded rock-stela left by the
nomarch and governor of Upper Egypt, Tjauti (the modern-day site is named after him), a representative of the Herakleopolitan Dynasty IX-X who "made this (road) for crossing this desert, which the ruler of another nome had closed off." With the Darnells it is almost inevitable to identify this opposing
nomarch as the ruler of the Theban nome immediately southward--and probably with the
nomarch Intef who preceded Dynasty XI proper.
1 at Assiut, and belong to Hepzefi who was the
nomarch of Assiut during the early part of the reign of Dynasty XII (1990 B.C.