Egypt
The Egyptian antiquities service has re-erected 2 statues on their original site in the memorial temple of Amenhotep III at Luxor. Amenhotep III was known as "the magnificent" because he reigned at the epoch of the Egyptian empire in the middle of the 14th century BC.
The kings temple of millions years was the largest of the memorial temples at Luxor but became damaged by an earthquake shortly after the kings death. By the time of the Pharaoh Merenptah, at the end of the 13th century BC, the blocks and sculptures from the temple were re used in the elderly Merenptah's own temple.
This last step was fortunate as those blocks which were re used had their sculpted surfaces turned down so the original decoration was hidden away and protected from further damage. Merenptah's workmen also took a stela from the site inscribed for Amenhotep III and carved the back for Merenptah.
The stela was found by Sir Flinders Petrie in 1896 and is considered by many to be that famous archaeologists most important find, this being because the stela's inscription contains the first known mentioning in archaeology of "Israel".
AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki
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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...
- Update On The Daily Photograph Re The Mystery Foot
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge (Ancient Egypt Magazine) for getting back to me about the photograph I posted of a solitary foot, taken from a hot air balloon over Luxor's west bank. Bob thinks that the feet in question and a few scattered blocks...
- Discoveries At The Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
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...
- 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
The Raising of Amenhotep III
The Egyptian antiquities service has re-erected 2 statues on their original site in the memorial temple of Amenhotep III at Luxor. Amenhotep III was known as "the magnificent" because he reigned at the epoch of the Egyptian empire in the middle of the 14th century BC.
The kings temple of millions years was the largest of the memorial temples at Luxor but became damaged by an earthquake shortly after the kings death. By the time of the Pharaoh Merenptah, at the end of the 13th century BC, the blocks and sculptures from the temple were re used in the elderly Merenptah's own temple.
This last step was fortunate as those blocks which were re used had their sculpted surfaces turned down so the original decoration was hidden away and protected from further damage. Merenptah's workmen also took a stela from the site inscribed for Amenhotep III and carved the back for Merenptah.
The stela was found by Sir Flinders Petrie in 1896 and is considered by many to be that famous archaeologists most important find, this being because the stela's inscription contains the first known mentioning in archaeology of "Israel".
AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki
- 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...
- Update On The Daily Photograph Re The Mystery Foot
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge (Ancient Egypt Magazine) for getting back to me about the photograph I posted of a solitary foot, taken from a hot air balloon over Luxor's west bank. Bob thinks that the feet in question and a few scattered blocks...
- Discoveries At The Mortuary Temple Of Amenhotep Iii
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...
- 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...