Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PROLOGUE The Birthplace of Amenhotep III
- 1 An Heir Unapparent
- 2 The Making of an Heir Apparent
- 3 Thutmose IV and King's Son Amenhotep in Nubia
- 4 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
- 5 Establishing Divine Might and Divine Right
- 6 “The First Campaign of Victory”: Amenhotep III's River War
- 7 The Spoils of War
- 8 The King's First Two Wives
- 9 The Lost Years
- 10 Bringing Heaven to Earth to See the Living Gods: Building the King's Religious Monuments at Thebes
- 11 Per Hai (“The House of Rejoicing”) at Malkata
- 12 Beneath The Divine Falcon's Wings a New World Takes Shape
- 13 The First Jubilee Festival (Heb-Sed)
- 14 Raising Up Old Officials and Buying a New Bride
- 15 International Trade in Princesses and Other Goods
- 16 A Mixed Forecast: Dazzling Sun and Dark Clouds
- 17 The Last Hurrah
- 18 Whose Heaven Is It? The Reign of Akhenaten and Beyond
- EPILOGUE One God Left Standing
- Notes and References
- Glossary of Ancient Personal Names
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - Thutmose IV and King's Son Amenhotep in Nubia
(Reign of Thutmose IV, Years 5–8, ca. 1396–1393 B.C.)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PROLOGUE The Birthplace of Amenhotep III
- 1 An Heir Unapparent
- 2 The Making of an Heir Apparent
- 3 Thutmose IV and King's Son Amenhotep in Nubia
- 4 Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
- 5 Establishing Divine Might and Divine Right
- 6 “The First Campaign of Victory”: Amenhotep III's River War
- 7 The Spoils of War
- 8 The King's First Two Wives
- 9 The Lost Years
- 10 Bringing Heaven to Earth to See the Living Gods: Building the King's Religious Monuments at Thebes
- 11 Per Hai (“The House of Rejoicing”) at Malkata
- 12 Beneath The Divine Falcon's Wings a New World Takes Shape
- 13 The First Jubilee Festival (Heb-Sed)
- 14 Raising Up Old Officials and Buying a New Bride
- 15 International Trade in Princesses and Other Goods
- 16 A Mixed Forecast: Dazzling Sun and Dark Clouds
- 17 The Last Hurrah
- 18 Whose Heaven Is It? The Reign of Akhenaten and Beyond
- EPILOGUE One God Left Standing
- Notes and References
- Glossary of Ancient Personal Names
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Trouble in Upper Egypt and Nubia
In Year 5 of Thutmose IV's reign, according to an economically worded stela of poor and provincial style, Amenhotep III's father, Thutmose IV, gave a land grant to Medamud Temple, just a few miles north of Thebes (Map 3). Medamud, ancient Madu, was the cult city of war god Montu, the second most important god after Amun for the founders of the Middle Kingdom, several of whom were named “Mentuhotep.” According to the stela, Montu had helped in a “restoration of order,” the details of which are unknown.
Some of Thutmose IV's more important inscriptions from these years deal with troubles much farther south in Nubia, modern Sudan (Map 2). Nubia was the source of most of Egypt's gold during the New Kingdom, and many scholars derive the classical name “Nubia” from noob, the ancient Egyptian word for “gold.” Additional luxury materials and chattel came from there, just as in more recent times. These included slaves, cattle, exotic pets (monkeys, giraffes, unusual types of antelope), ivory, and rare woods. Ebony came from deeper Africa via Nubia, and our word for this black wood probably stems from the ancient Egyptian hbny.
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- Amenhotep IIIEgypt's Radiant Pharaoh, pp. 42 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012