Amunhotep III (Part 12): Pharaoh as a God.
By 1366 BCE, Amunhotep III was ready to celebrate a second sed-festival . However, the King's pretensions had begun to reach celestial heights - in regnal year 34 he appeared to be an equal to the gods themselves...
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Amunhotep III (Part 12): Pharaoh as a God. By 1366 BCE, Amunhotep III was ready to celebrate a second sed-festival. However, the King's pretensions had begun to reach celestial heights - in regnal year 34 he appeared to be an equal to the gods themselves...
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Select bibliography:
Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
Michela Schiff Giorgini (et al.), Soleb, (multiple volumes), 2002-2003.
Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012.
Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992.
David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001.
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