WV22; Mummy found in the KV35 royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Monuments
Malkata, Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, Colossi of Memnon
Dynasty
18th Dynasty
Amenhotep III (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp(.w)Amānəḥūtpū, IPA:[ʔaˌmaːnəʔˈħutpu];[4][5] "Amun is Satisfied"[6]), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC, or from June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC,[7] after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep was Thutmose's son by a minor wife, Mutemwiya.[8]
His reign was a period of unprecedented prosperity and splendour, when Egypt reached the peak of its artistic and international power, and as such he is considered one of ancient Egypt's greatest pharaohs.[9][10][11]
When he died in the 38th or 39th year of his reign he was succeeded by his son Amenhotep IV, who later changed his name to Akhenaten.
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AmenhotepIII (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp(.w) Amānəḥūtpū, IPA: [ʔaˌmaːnəʔˈħutpu]; "Amun is Satisfied"), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep...
was barred from any prestige until Amenhotep's son, Thutmose IV, came into power. Amenhotep II was born to Thutmose III and a minor wife of the king: Merytre-Hatshepsut...
foreshadowing monotheism. The future Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, a younger son of pharaoh AmenhotepIII and his principal wife Tiye. Akhenaten had an elder...
(Ἀμένωφις). Its notable bearers were: Amenhotep I Amenhotep II AmenhotepIIIAmenhotep IV (Akhenaten) Amenhotep A, a son of Sobekhotep IV (13th dynasty)...
Mortuary Temple of AmenhotepIII, also known as Kom el-Hettân, was built by the main architect Amenhotep, son of Hapu, for Pharaoh AmenhotepIII during the 18th...
Amenhotep I (/ˌæmɛnˈhoʊtɛp/) or Amenophis I (/əˈmɛnoʊfɪs/ from Ancient Greek Ἀμένωφις), was the second Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. His reign...
old age with his son Amenhotep II. Amenhotep II was succeeded by Thutmose IV, who in his turn was followed by his son AmenhotepIII, whose reign is seen...
from Tutankhamun's reign treat him as a son of Akhenaten's father, AmenhotepIII, but that is only possible if Akhenaten's 17-year reign included a long...
built. The construction began during the reign of Amenhotep II and continued to be changed by AmenhotepIII. There is evidence that he changed some of it...
was a king of Mitanni, c. 1358–1335 BCE, at the end of the reign of AmenhotepIII and throughout the reign of Akhenaten. He was the son of Shuttarna II...
Karl Richard Lepsius in 1844. The temple was built during the reign of AmenhotepIII and dedicated to Amun, but after Akhenaten assumed power, it was rededicated...
mother of Thutmose III, Tiaa, the mother of Thutmose IV and Mutemwia, the mother of AmenhotepIII. Meretseger, the chief wife of Senusret III, may be the earliest...
Akhenaten's reign (Akhenaten who was also titled Amenhotep IV), as well as his predecessor AmenhotepIII's reign. The tablets consist of over 300 diplomatic...
During the reign of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh AmenhotepIII hundreds of so-called memorial scarabs were issued to commemorate the deeds of the pharaoh...
Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh AmenhotepIII, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun;...
daughter of Pharaoh AmenhotepIII and his Great Royal Wife Tiye. She was later married to her father around Year 30 of AmenhotepIII's reign. The belief...
religious hierarchies. Their daughter, Tiye, became the Great Royal Wife of AmenhotepIII. Yuya and Thuya are known to have had a son named Anen, who carried...
successor, Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent. His firstborn son and heir to the throne, Amenemhat, predeceased Thutmose III. Thutmose III is regarded...
this dynasty is AmenhotepIII, who built the Luxor Temple, the Precinct of Monthu at Karnak and his massive Mortuary Temple. AmenhotepIII also built the...
Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – c. February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the youngest...
he sent his daughter Gilu-Hepa to Egypt for a marriage with Pharaoh AmenhotepIII. Mitanni was now at its peak of power. However, by the reign of Eriba-Adad...
as the mother of the pharaoh Tutankhamun and a daughter of pharaoh AmenhotepIII and his Great Royal Wife Tiye. Early speculation that this mummy was...
palace complex built during the New Kingdom, by the 18th Dynasty pharaoh AmenhotepIII. It is located on the West Bank of the Nile at Thebes, Upper Egypt,...
god, and his son AmenhotepIII established and promoted a separate cult for the Aten. However, there is no evidence that AmenhotepIII neglected the other...
Temple of Khonsu at Karnak from the foundations of an earlier temple of AmenhotepIII and completed the Temple of Medinet Habu around his Year 12. He decorated...
under AmenhotepIII, it was not until his successor that Aten would be the only god acknowledged via state worship. During the reign of AmenhotepIII's successor...
the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV, and the mother of Pharaoh AmenhotepIII. Mutemwiya's name means "Mut in the divine barque". While unconfirmed...
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