Egypt
Here we find an image of a rather unimpressive looking monument of Amenhotep III, I suspect it was not reused for a reason, though confusingly the article refers to Amenhotep III as Tutankhamun's great grandfather. This statement is questionable as the known archaeological records says nothing about who exactly king Tutankhamun's father is?
It may be king Akhenaten in which case Amenhotep III would be Tiutankhamun's grandfather and not his great grandfather?
- More Re Granite Statue Of Tutankhamun's Grandfather Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly A granite statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III was unearthed this week on the west bank at Luxor, reports Nevine El-Aref Egyptian excavators from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) unearthed a granite statue depicting...
- Amenhotep Iii Standing Tall
Africa Today Amenhotep III, the deputy seal-bearer of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III - who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago, is once more standing tall and looking out across the Nile Valley as a result of the efforts of a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists...
- Raising Amenhotep
The northern of two colossal statues which stood in front of the mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III who died in the middle of the 14th century bc has been stood up. It is a beastly piece of rubble with the exception that the great...
- Pieces Of Amenhotep And Tiye
Anyone who has ever visited the Cairo museum has seen and remembers well the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his great wife Tiye. The statue is extremely rare in Egyptian art for it depicts Tiye on the same scale as king Amenhotep III. When originally...
- Overlapping Kings
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...
Egypt
Yet Another Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III
Here we find an image of a rather unimpressive looking monument of Amenhotep III, I suspect it was not reused for a reason, though confusingly the article refers to Amenhotep III as Tutankhamun's great grandfather. This statement is questionable as the known archaeological records says nothing about who exactly king Tutankhamun's father is?
It may be king Akhenaten in which case Amenhotep III would be Tiutankhamun's grandfather and not his great grandfather?
- More Re Granite Statue Of Tutankhamun's Grandfather Amenhotep Iii
Al Ahram Weekly A granite statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III was unearthed this week on the west bank at Luxor, reports Nevine El-Aref Egyptian excavators from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) unearthed a granite statue depicting...
- Amenhotep Iii Standing Tall
Africa Today Amenhotep III, the deputy seal-bearer of the Pharaoh Tuthmosis III - who ruled Egypt some 3,400 years ago, is once more standing tall and looking out across the Nile Valley as a result of the efforts of a team of Egyptian and European archaeologists...
- Raising Amenhotep
The northern of two colossal statues which stood in front of the mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III who died in the middle of the 14th century bc has been stood up. It is a beastly piece of rubble with the exception that the great...
- Pieces Of Amenhotep And Tiye
Anyone who has ever visited the Cairo museum has seen and remembers well the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his great wife Tiye. The statue is extremely rare in Egyptian art for it depicts Tiye on the same scale as king Amenhotep III. When originally...
- Overlapping Kings
I noticed recently that when I aligned the third Amenhotep's year reign of 25 with his successor and namesakes year 1 that a number of curious dates begin to suggest that much of the fourth Amenhotep's reign may actually have run parallel to his...