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		The Sun God's Treasurer << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame.   Click to ZOOM IN >>   Click to ZOOM IN >>   Click to ZOOM IN >> Epitaph and Enigma Photograph by Kenneth Garrett As clear as the day they were carved more than 3,300 years ago, hieroglyphs on a stone column record the title of the tomb owner: scribe (administrator) of the treasury of the temple of Aten in Akhetaten (the new capital) and Memphis (the old one). So, this man managed the sacred gold in two important seats of power. He had two names, Raïay and Hatiay. And he served one of the strangest, most enigmatic rulers in all of Egyptian history, the heretic Akhenaten. Camera: Nikon F5 Film Type: Fujichrome Tungsten 64 Lens: Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 Speed and F-Stop: one second @ f/16 Weather Conditions: Underground Time of Day: Midday Lighting Techniques: Tungsten lights

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