Title
Osirid statue of Amenhotep I
Caption
Osirid statue of Amenhotep I / Deir el-Bahari Early Eighteenth Dynasty / LImestone. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Amenhotep I / King of Egypt (1525-1504 BC) Amenhotep I was the second king of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He succeeded his father / Ahmose I / who expelled the Hyksos kings from Egypt. Amenhotep I probably ascended the throne as a child / when his mother Ahmose Nefertari may have acted as regent. Amenhotep I and his mother / Ahmose Nefertari / were revered for nearly five hundred years as local Theban deities
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP11A02_327
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,0Mb (1,2Mb) / 9,0in x 23,8in / 2688 x 7153 (300dpi)