Amunhotep II (Part 4): Worshiping the Sphinx

Before he became King, Amunhotep II made a promise to revitalize worship at the Giza necropolis. Once Pharaoh, he fulfilled that promise in spectacular fashion…

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Bibliography

  • Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
  • Selim Hassan, The Great Sphinx and Its Secrets, 1953.
  • Stéphane Pasquali, “Baraize Excavations 1933 – 1934 at Giza,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 2009.
  • William Kelly Simpson, “Reshep in Egypt,” Orientalia, 1960.
  • Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
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  1. Is there a source that has the hieroglyphics of the Great Stela? Having trouble finding one. Please help

    • The hieroglyphic text is in Wolfgang Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Abteilung IV Heft 17, 1955. The Great Sphinx Stela is 1276-1283.
      Unfortunately there is currently no online version of this book that I have been able to find. Your best bet is a library (preferably a university one).

  2. The hieroglyphic text is in Wolfgang Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Abteilung IV Heft 17, 1955. The Great Sphinx Stela is 1276-1283.
    Unfortunately there is currently no online version of this book that I have been able to find. Your best bet is a library (preferably a university one).

    • Thanks! I need to see with my own eyes the mention of Khufu and Khafre – should put all the sceptics to rest out there

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