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Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the fourteenth century BCE. His long reign was a period of peace, wealth and monumental building, and he conducted extensive diplomacy with other great powers. He represents the height of the Egyptian Empire New Kingdom's prosperity, and he was the father of Akhenaten.

Amenhotep III
Image: Photograph by A. Parrot; sculptor unknown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Amenhotep III. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/amenhotep-iii
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The Epoch Institute. “Amenhotep III.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/amenhotep-iii.
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