This huge statue represents King Amenhotep III and Queen T, and is considered a group statue of the family of King Amenhotep III and his royal wife T and his three daughters, and it is the largest group statue that has been carved.
Eighteenth Dynasty - the modern state.
Material: Limestone
Where to find: Luxor
Some information about the owner of the statue and his wife
He is the third, who is the ninth of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaohs, and one of the greatest rulers of Egypt throughout history. He ruled Egypt between (1391 BC - 1353 BC) or (1388 BC - 1351 BC). M.)
a family :-
Amenhotep the Third married in the second year of his reign from Queen Tiye, and she did not have royal origins, but her parents held high positions in the state. ". Amenhotep the Third had many wives, including diplomatic marriages with foreign princesses such as Princess Jalokheba, the daughter of the king of Matna (in today's Iraq) and Princess Nahrin, and he married his sister Isis. In the thirtieth year of another sister named "Set Amon", and it is known that he had six sons, of whom two sons were Thutmose, the eldest son, and he died in his life, Amenhotep the fourth, and four daughters. It is possible that Amenhotep the Fourth (Akhenaten) had shared his father's throne, and he was the one who ended his servants Amon.
His tomb: -
Amenhotep the Third died after ruling for 38 years at the age of fifty, perhaps due to an unknown disease. The tomb he had prepared for himself in 1799 AD was discovered, which is Cemetery No. 22 in the Valley of the Kings. His mummy was found in a cemetery near Deir el-Bahari, and it was hidden by the priests and was discovered in 1881AD.
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