Amenhotep II

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Quartzite head identified as Amenhotep II, originally from a sphinx of the king. Musée du Louvre, E 10896

Amenhotep II was the seventh ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, the son of Thutmose III.

Amenhotep II enjoyed a relatively extended reign of nearly 30 years with a highest currently-known Regnal Year of 26.

Amenhotep II was interred in a tomb within the Valley of the Kings, KV 35.

Bibliography

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• Malamat, Abraham [1961], "Campaigns of Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV to Canaan", Scripta Hierosolymitana 8 (1961), pp.218-231.

• Manuelian, Peter der [1987], Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, [Hildesheimer ägyptologische Beiträge 26], Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1987
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• Rainey, Anson F. [1973], "Amenhotep II's Campaign to Takhsi", JARCE 10 (1973), pp.71-75.

• Redford, Donald B. [1965], "The Coregency of Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II", JEA 51 (1965), pp.107-122.

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