Amenhotep II

Amenhotep III- Pharaoh of Diplomacy Ansh Tripathi For centuries, people have wondered what makes a great leader. This was seen in the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt.The Pharaoh was diplomatic and peaceful which caused him to become the greatest leader of ancient Egypt. The people became happy and joyful because of him and were not facing misery because of wars. They celebrated festivals. In fact, there was a festival of his own that he used to celebrate every three years (approx.) at the end of his reign. His name was Amenhotep III, it is believed he had really close relationship with Amun (The King of Gods). He was about 12 years old when he succeeded his father, Thutmose IV(Bunson) He came to the seat of Pharaoh at a young age of and…

this paper, the group statue of Amenhotep and his family is presented for the first time. Amenhotep was a “sS wDHw n Imn m Ipt-swt” “scribe of the offering tables of Amun in Karnak”. This statue is currently preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where it is divided into six unequal pieces (CG 623, 855, 965 A-B, 1000 and 1012). Although the left side of the statue is in poor condition, it still deserves a comprehensive analysis as its photos and inscriptions were never published. However,…

preservation and come largely from a kenned archaeological context. (662). Few decades after, another statue denominated Seated Statue of Hatshepsut was sculpted. It was designed in dimensions: 76 3/4 x 19 5/16 x 44 7/8 in., discovered in Upper Egypt during the Incipient Kingdom era, ca. 1479 to 1458 B.C. This gargantuan sculpture concretely identifies a clear individual, Queen Hatshepsut. Queen Hatshepsut was the first great ruler or Pharaoh after her husband, withal her moiety-brother, died.…

The Most Famous Pharaohs Of Ancient Egypt These are the some of the most famous pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, Menes, Cheops, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaton, Tutankhamen, Ramses II and Cleopatra VII. You may have heard of some of them. Several of these names are well known. We’ll be going over all of them, their legacies, greatest achievements and most extravagant monuments. From the first pharaoh (Menes) to the last (Cleopatra), all of them are important to Ancient Egypt’s amazing,…

East Valley (2016) stated on their historical website, all of the pharaohs buried in the Valley of the Kings and which dynasties they came from. For example, the decedents of Ramses VII, Thutmose I and Amenhotep II all buried themselves in the Valley of Kings. This had shown that the first discovered pharaoh to bury himself in the Valley of the Kings was Ramses VII and he represented the 20th dynasty. Thutmose I represented the 18th Dynasty and Amenhotep II came from the 18th dynasty. When…

the foundations were laid under which Egyptian power was able to arrive to its pinnacle. The pharaohs who 'paved the way' for Hatshepsut expanded on Ahmose's I policy, including her father Thutmoses I; the third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Even though Thutmoses I was not of royal birth, he was a military man by training and married into the royal family; ensuring the succession Egypt required. As previously stated he was a military man, thought to have served as an important commander…

Egypt was expanded to Syria, Nubia, and farther south to the Fourth Cataract drastically improving Egyptian influence, lessening its chances of being attacked. Under Thutmose I, Egypt became the first empire to command western Asia. Not only was Egypt expanding and gaining prosperity, but it was also able to attain peace with other countries who did not dare invade. With the open of the New Kingdom and the defeat of the Hyksos, however, came a new array of enemies, one of which was the Hittites.…

Hitchcock’s Psycho, from ‘Inside Norman Bates’ and ‘The World Inside Its Image’ The benchmark of horror films could easily be Hitchcock’s most revered work ‘Psycho’ (1960). The black and white filmscape does not downplay the crimson colour of blood spiralling down the plughole after Marion’s fatal stabbing, nor the shock of Norman’s mothers sunken eye sockets. It’s 2015 and this is the first time I have properly been introduced to the film however as a testament to its making I had nightmares…

Among our most intrinsic human characteristics, we strive to express ourselves both creatively and socially. Combining these two traits creates an artistic interaction between an audience and a medium. Cinema, arguably the most visually astounding form of art, not only stimulates visually, but subjects viewers to haptic and acoustic experiences as well. The film scholar, Thomas Elsaesser, makes various points in his book “Film Theory” describing several ways in which we can experience the film…

Xenophon acquired a “taste for war and a distaste for democracy.” His hatred for Athens lead him to the next logical step: to leave Athens at all costs, even going so far as to venture outside of Greece to join Cyrus—Darius’ second son and thereby the second in line for his throne—and his army in their attempts to secure Cyrus’ kingship in Persia over his brother, the reigning king Artaxerxes II. In contrast to his decidedly negative experience amongst Athenian Greeks, Xenophon enjoyed an…