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Amenhotep III's relations with m-w-k-i-n-u, * Mukana, have corroboration from the inscription at Kom al-Hetan-but Amenhotep's reign is thought to align with late LHIIIA: 1.
In the reign of Amenhotep III's successor, Amenhotep IV, the Aten became the central god of Egyptian state religion, and Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten to reflect his close link with the new supreme deity.
Her gilded burial shrine ( showing her with Akhenaten ) ended up in KV55 while shabtis belonging to her were found in Amenhotep III's WV22 tomb.
These may simply have been votive offerings made to Amenhotep III's burial while Tiye was still alive.
Zahi Hawass displays a Ptolemaic statue discovered at Taposiris Magna on May 8, 2010Hawass spearheaded a movement to return many prominent unique and / or irregularly taken Ancient Egyptian artifacts, such as the Rosetta Stone, the bust of Nefertiti, the Dendera zodiac ceiling painting from the Dendera Temple, the bust of Ankhhaf ( the architect of the Khafra Pyramid ), the faces of Amenhotep III's tomb at the Louvre Museum, the Luxor Temple's obelisk at the Place de la Concorde and the statue of Hemiunu, nephew of the Pharaoh Khufu, builder of the largest pyramid, to Egypt from collections in various other countries.
Hence, Amenhotep III's marriage to his two daughters should not be considered unlikely based on contemporary views of marriage.
Another striking characteristic of Amenhotep III's reign is the series of over 200 large commemorative stone scarabs that have been discovered over a large geographic area ranging from Syria ( Ras Shamra ) through to Soleb in Nubia.
Amenhotep III's refusal to allow one of his daughters to be married to the Babylonian monarch may indeed be connected with Egyptian traditional royal practices that could provide a claim upon the throne through marriage to a royal princess, or, it be viewed as a shrewd attempt on his part to enhance Egypt's prestige over those of her neighbours in the international world.
The official account of Amenhotep III's military victory emphasizes his martial prowess with the typical hyperbole used by all pharaohs.
The arrival of the statue is known to have coincided with Amenhotep III's marriage with Tadukhepa, Tushratta's daughter, in the pharaoh's 36th year ; letter EA 23's arrival in Egypt is dated to " regnal year 36, the fourth month of winter, day 1 " of his reign.
Faience decoration with Amenhotep III's prenomen from his Theban palace, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Amenhotep III's first recorded act as king — in his Years 1 and 2 — was to open new limestone quarries at Tura, just south of Cairo and at Dayr al-Barsha in Middle Egypt in order to herald his great building projects.
One of the most stunning finds of royal statues dating to his reign was made as recently as 1989 in the courtyard of Amenhotep III's colonnade of the Temple of Luxor where a cache of statues was found, including a-high pink quartzite statue of the king wearing the Double Crown found in near-perfect condition.
Further celebrations surrounding the raising of the djed are described in a relief in Amenhotep III's Luxor Temple.
In the tomb in the temple, the scene shows the raising of the djed pillar taking placing in the morning of Amenhotep III's third Heb-Sed, which took place in his thirty seventh regnal year.
Objects inscribed with Amenhotep III's nomen and prenomen might be contemporary with that king's reign and could be interpreted as possessions of Queen Tiye.
Fifteen years later, Tushratta married his daughter to his ally Amenhotep III to cement their two states alliances in Year 36 of Amenhotep III's reign ( 1352 BC ).
Leaving aside the escalation of scale – whereby each successive New Kingdom pharaoh strove to outdo his predecessors in volume and scope – the Ramesseum is largely cast in the same mould as Ramesses III's Medinet Habu or the ruined temple of Amenhotep III that stood behind the " Colossi of Memnon " a kilometre or so away.
Image: Colossi_of_Memnon. jpg | Amenhotep III's Sitting Colossi
She claimed to be under the influence of the personality of Babylonian princess and Pharaoh Amenhotep III's wife Telika-Ventiu, who supposedly lived about 3300 years ago.
As his father's chosen successor the Prince employed three distinctive titles: " Hereditary Prince ", " Royal scribe " and " Generalissimo "; the latter two of his titles are mentioned in a text at Amenhotep III's temple at Soleb and all three royal titles appear on a lintel now in Florence, Italy.

Amenhotep and highest
While Amenhotep I's highest attested official date is only his Year 10, Manetho's data is confirmed by information from a passage in the tomb autobiography of a magician named Amenemhet.
The length of his reign is indicated by a wine jar inscribed with the king's prenomen found in Amenhotep II's funerary temple at Thebes ; it is dated to this king's highest known date — his Year 26 — and lists the name of the pharaoh's vintner, Panehsy.

Amenhotep and attested
Princes Amenhotep, Webensenu, Amenemopet, and Nedjem are all clearly attested, and Amenemhat, Khaemwaset, and Aakheperure as well as a daughter, Iaret, are also possible children.
This Amenhotep might also be attested in a stele from Amenhotep II's temple at Giza, however the stele's name has been defaced so that positive identification is impossible.
Webensenu's name is otherwise attested on a statue of Amenhotep's chief architect, Minmose, and his canopic jars and a funerary statue have been found in Amenhotep II's tomb.

Amenhotep and reign
* 1517 BC — The Heliacal rising of Sothis, a dating of the reign of Amenhotep I, followed by Thutmosis I.
The solar Aten was extensively worshipped as a god in the reign of Amenhotep III, when it was depicted as a falcon-headed man much like Ra.
The reign of Amenhotep III, as a result was not quite so tranquil for the Asiatic province, as Habiru /' Apiru contributed to greater political instability.
Egyptian power in Canaan thus suffered a major setback when the Hittites ( or Hatti ) advanced into Syria in the reign of Amenhotep III, and became even more threatening in that of his successor, displacing the Amorites and prompting a resumption of Semitic migration.
Amenhotep II, the son of Thutmose III, who became a co-regent toward the end of his father's reign, is suspected by some as being the defacer during the end of the reign of a very old pharaoh.
In the fourth year of his reign, Amenhotep IV decided to move the capital to Akhetaten ( modern Amarna ).
Amenhotep II, born and raised in Memphis, was made the setem — the high priest over Lower Egypt — during the reign of his father.
may also be dated to the 18th dynasty, specifically the reign of Amenhotep III.
It dates from the 18th dynasty, most likely having been carved during the reign of either Amenhotep II or Thutmose IV.
The most ancient burials found at this site date back to the reign of Amenhotep III.
The earliest known burial in Saqqara was performed in the reign of Amenhotep III by his son Thutmosis ; afterwards, seven more bulls were buried nearby.
Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt | Dynasty XVIII, reign of Amenhotep I, c. 1514-1493 BC.
The expedition to the Naharina announced by Thutmosis I at the beginning of his reign may have actually taken place during the long previous reign of Amenhotep I Helck believes that this was the expedition mentioned by Amenhotep II.
During the reign of Shuttarna in the early 14th century BC the relationship was very amicable, and he sent his daughter Gilu-Hepa to Egypt for a marriage with Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
During the reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep II, Mitanni seems to have regained influence in the middle Orontes valley that had been conquered by Thutmose III.
Tiye was married to Amenhotep III by the second year of his reign.
Amenhotep III died in Year 38 or Year 39 of his reign ( 1353 BC / 1350 BC ) and was buried in the Valley of the Kings in WV22, however, Tiye is known to have outlived him for as many as twelve years.

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