Osirid statue of Amenhotep I
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Osirid statue of Amenhotep I

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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

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Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

ARP11A02_327

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 22,8cm x 60,6cm / 2688 x 7153 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Ancient Egypt

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