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Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; Egyptian Amāna-Ḥātpa; meaning Amun is Satisfied), also ‎known as Amenhotep the Magnificent, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to ‎different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC, or from June 1388 BC to December 1351 ‎BC/1350 BC,[4] after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep III was Thutmose's son by a minor wife, ‎Mutemwiya.‎ His reign was a period of unprecedented prosperity and artistic splendor when Egypt reached the ‎peak of its artistic and international power. When he died in the 38th or 39th year of his reign, his son ‎initially ruled as Amenhotep IV, but then changed his own royal name to Akhenaten.‎ Family Vase in the Louvre with the names Amenhotep III and Tiye written in the cartouches on the left, (and ‎Tiye's on the right).‎ The son of the future Thutmose IV (the son of Amenhotep II) and a minor wife Mutemwiya, ‎Amenhotep III was born around 1388 BC. He was a member of the

The Colossi of Memnon are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For 3400 years (since the 1350 year) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the city of Luxor. Memnon was a hero of the Trojan War, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies from Africa into Asia Minor to help defend the beleaguered city but was ultimately slain by Achilles. Memnon (whose name means "the Steadfast" or "Resolute" was said to be the son of Eos, the goddess of dawn. He was associated with colossi built several centuries earlier, because of the reported cry at dawn of the northern statue (see below), which became known as the Colossus of Memnon. Eventually, the entire Theban Necropolis became generally referred to as the Memnonium making him "Ruler of the west" as in the case of the god Osiris who was called the chief of the west. The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial tem

Egypt Profile                                      Egypt profile ·          Egypt Formal Name: Arab Republic of Egypt. ·          Short Form: Egypt. ·          Term for Citizens: Egyptian(s). ·          Capital: Cairo. EGYPT GEOGRAPHY v   Size : ‎ Egypt profile approximately 1 million square kilometers. Topography: Four ‎ major regions: Nile Valley and Delta, where about 99 percent of the population ‎ lives; Western Desert; Eastern Desert; and the Sinai Peninsula. ‎ v   Climate : Except for modest amounts of rainfall along the Mediterranean coast, ‎ precipitation ranges from minimal to nonexistent. Mild winters (November to ‎ April) and hot summers (May to October). ‎ EGYPT SOCIETY v   Population : ‎ Estimated at more than 52.5 million in mid1990, mostly concentrated along ‎ banks of Nile River, Annual growth rate estimated at 2.6 percent. ‎ v   Education and Literacy : ‎ Education compulsory for a basic nine-year cycle but attendance not enforced; ‎