Assess The Reign of Horemheb (pharaoah of new kingdom egypt)

Horemheb made great contributions to his period of time these included many political and religious reforms.
Even before he was king, Horemheb was making contributions to egypt. He first served under Akhenaten as 'great commander of the army'and later under Tutankhamun was appointed 'kings deputy'and 'royal lieutenant'during the reign of tutankhamun he also conducted some military campaigns in syria where egypt had lost considereable territory to the Hitites, during akhenaten's reign, as well as this he was also responsible for foreign affairs in the north. We know about these activities from depictions in his tomb.
Horemheb eventually declared himself king of Egypt in about 1321b.c. Egypt was in need of a strong ruler to complete the return of Egypts traditional religion. It appears, during his period as pharaoh, that thefirst attempts were made to wipe the armana period out of egyptian history. He also re-opened and repaired many of the temples of amun, as well as ...