Amunhotep III (Part 12): Pharaoh as a God.
By the time of his second Sed-Festival (in year 34), Amunhotep III had reached the pinnacle of his earthly influence and power. Some of this grandiosity manifested in a strange trend: from various sources, we get a sense of the King styling himself as a god…
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Amunhotep III’s temple at Elephantine as recorded by the French Expedition.
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