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Amenhotep III which means �Amen is satisfied� was the son of Thutmose IV and Mutemwiya Thutmose's father was Amenhotep II and his mother was "the king's wife", Tiaa.Amenhotep appears to have been crowned while still a child, perhaps between the ages of 6 and 12. His lengthy reign was a period of peace and prosperity, and artistic splendour. He built extensively at the temple of Karnak, including at least two pylons, a colonnade behind the new entrance, and a new temple to the goddess Ma'at.He also oversaw construction of another temple to her at Luxor. |
| In year 11 of this reign he began the construction of a huge palace at Luxor on the west bank, now called Malkata. His mortuary temple on the west bank at Luxor was, in its day, the largest religious complex in Thebes but, unfortunately, he chose to build too close to the floodplain and less than 200 years later, it stood in ruins. Much of the masonry was purloined by later pharaohs for their own construction projects. The Colossi of Memnon two massive 18 metre stone statues of Amenhotep that stood at the gateway of his mortuary temple are the only elements of the complex that remained standing |
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