Some ten years earlier, just before the start of the Whm mswt, Pinehesy had been chased out of the Thebaid, following his role in suppressing the High Priest of Amun Amenhotep.

35) Piankh gives the order to the Scribe of the Necropolis Tjaroy (=Dhutmose), Nodjmet and a certain Payshuuben to secretly arrest and question two Medjay policemen about certain things they had apparently said:[12] If they find out that (it is) true, you shall place them (in) two baskets and (they) shall be thrown (into) this water by night.

Unfortunately, due to the very limited nature of the sources, the exact relationships between the three main protagonists, Piankh, Pinehesy and Ramesses XI remain far from clear.

Some scholars believe that the Nubian campaign was part of an ongoing power struggle between the High Priest of Amun and the Viceroy of Kush.

To finance his military campaigns, Piankh put in place a policy of locating old tombs to sack their treasures.

The priests of Amun scoured the Valley of Kings and the Theban hills to find tombs, which were stripped of valuables, rewrapped and placed in group graves (caches).