Amenhotep III

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Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III, recovered in 1821 from the site of his mortuary temple at Kom el-Hetan. Quartzite: height 117 cm (maximum), width 81 cm, depth 66 cm. British Museum EA 7.

Amenhotep III was Pharaoh of Egypt and the ninth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

The reign of Amenhotep III is noted for the issue of commemorative scarabs, celebrating his achievements, as well as events within his reign.

Death and Burial

An extensive funerary temple of Amenhotep III was constructed on the Theban West Bank at the site known as Kom el-Hettan, currently the focus of excavations by the Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project.

Bibliography

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• O’Connor, David and Cline, Eric H. (eds) [1990], Amenhotep III : Perspectives on His Reign, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998.

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