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Amenhotep III
- Reign
- 1390–1353 (1388–1351/50) BC
- Throne name
- Neb-maat-Re
- Dynasty
- 18th Dynasty
- Period
- New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BC
- Capital at the time
- Thebes, Memphis, at times Akhetaten (Amarna) and Pi-Ramesses
Amenhotep III is listed in the king list under ‘18th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC). Reign: 1390–1353 (1388–1351/50) BC. The figures in brackets give the alternative dating by the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath. The throne name is Neb-maat-Re.
What is known about Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III maintained diplomatic relations with Mitanni and undertook campaigns in Nubia. His building activity was immense: the main part of Luxor Temple, for example, is his work, as is his mortuary temple in western Thebes, of which the famous Colossi of Memnon are the only remains today.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: New Kingdom
Egypt becomes a great power with a sphere of influence stretching from Sudan to Syria. The vast temples of Karnak and Luxor and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings date from this period.
- 1457 BCThutmose III is victorious at Megiddo; Egypt controls large parts of the Levant.
- c. 1350 BCAkhenaten places the sun god Aten at the centre of worship and builds the new capital Akhetaten (Amarna).
- c. 1323 BCDeath of Tutankhamun. His almost intact tomb, KV62, is discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
- 1274 BCBattle of Kadesh between Ramesses II and the Hittites.
More about this period: New Kingdom
18th Dynasty: all rulers
- Ahmose I
- Amenhotep I
- Thutmose I
- Thutmose II
- Hatshepsut
- Thutmose III
- Amenhotep II
- Thutmose IV
- Amenhotep III
- Akhenaten
- Neferneferuaten
- Smenkhkare
- Tutankhamun
- Ay II
- Horemheb (Haremhab)
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