Egypt
Here we have an article of recent discoveries made by archaeologists at the site of the 18th dynasty mortuary temple of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1352B.C.. The recent finds include a rare colossal alabaster statue of the king and a granodiorite head of a diety.
The kings temple of millions of years was likely destroyed by an earthquake little more than a hundred years after it's completion with many of its stones removed and reused for the mortuary temple of the 19th dynasty king Merenptah ca. 1213-1203B.C..
The temple was built in the inundation zone next to the Nile which meant the temple would have been flooded during that period of the year destabilizing its foundations.
- Imalqata Project Update - Everything Amenhotep
iMalqata Project With some useful links. 2012 is turning out to be the year of Amenhotep III. In addition to our work at his jubilee palace-city at Malqata, excavations and restoration projects are going on in the king’s mortuary temple, his tomb...
- More Re Discoveries At Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good summary of the work carried out at Kom el Hittan. When it was constructed on Luxor's west bank during the 14th century BC, the mortuary temple of the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III was the largest temple...
- Amenhotep Iii Mortuary Temple
This is an excellent article and video from Heritage Key on the excavations of the funerary temple of the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The mortuary temple is the largest ever created and is filled with colossal statues of the King and Gods...
- Revisiting The Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
This is a re-review of an older story from 2007. The mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This kings reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an...
- Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
The mortuary temple of the 18Th Dynasty King Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This king's reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an earthquake partially destroyed it and a 19Th...
Egypt
Discoveries at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
The kings temple of millions of years was likely destroyed by an earthquake little more than a hundred years after it's completion with many of its stones removed and reused for the mortuary temple of the 19th dynasty king Merenptah ca. 1213-1203B.C..
The temple was built in the inundation zone next to the Nile which meant the temple would have been flooded during that period of the year destabilizing its foundations.
- Imalqata Project Update - Everything Amenhotep
iMalqata Project With some useful links. 2012 is turning out to be the year of Amenhotep III. In addition to our work at his jubilee palace-city at Malqata, excavations and restoration projects are going on in the king’s mortuary temple, his tomb...
- More Re Discoveries At Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A good summary of the work carried out at Kom el Hittan. When it was constructed on Luxor's west bank during the 14th century BC, the mortuary temple of the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III was the largest temple...
- Amenhotep Iii Mortuary Temple
This is an excellent article and video from Heritage Key on the excavations of the funerary temple of the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The mortuary temple is the largest ever created and is filled with colossal statues of the King and Gods...
- Revisiting The Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
This is a re-review of an older story from 2007. The mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This kings reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an...
- Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
The mortuary temple of the 18Th Dynasty King Amenhotep III must have been quite the most sumptuous ever created. This king's reign was an artistic high, sadly little more than a century later an earthquake partially destroyed it and a 19Th...