Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye information
Group statue of Egyptian 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye
The statue in the hall of the Egyptian Museum
Year
c. 1360 BCE
Medium
limestone
Subject
Amenhotep III Tiye Henuttaneb Nebetah unknown princess
Dimensions
7 m (height) × 4,4 m (width) (23 ft × 14,4 ft )
Location
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
The colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye is a monolith group statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III of the eighteenth dynasty, his Great Royal Wife Tiye, and three of their daughters. It is the largest known dyad ever carved.[1] The statue originally stood in Medinet Habu, Western Thebes; today it is the centerpiece of the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
^W. Raymond Johnson: Monuments and Monumental Art under Amenhotep III. In: Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign. (edited by David O'Connor, Eric H. Cline) p.73
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