 The vizier also supervised the security of the pharaoh and the palace by overseeing the comings and goings of palace visitors.The viziers often acted as the pharaoh's seal bearer as well, and the vizier would record trade.From the Fifth Dynasty onwards, viziers, who by then were the highest civilian bureaucratic official, held supreme responsibility for the administration of the palace and government, including jurisdiction, scribes, state archives, central granaries, treasury, storage of surplus products and their redistribution, and supervision of building projects such as the royal pyramid.In the New Kingdom, there were two viziers, one for Upper Egypt and one for Lower Egypt.