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'''Amenhotep II''' Aakheperura ( ? - [[1400 BC]]) was the 7th [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th dynasty]] of [[History of Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. He ruled from [[1427 BC]] to 1400 BC. |
'''Amenhotep II''' Aakheperura ( ? - [[1400 BC]]) was the 7th [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|18th dynasty]] of [[History of Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. He ruled from [[1427 BC]] to 1400 BC. |
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Amenhotep II was the son of [[Thutmose III of Egypt| Thutmose III]] and a minor wife Merytra. Amenhotep II may have been co-regent with his father before he ascended the throne. Not long after his coronation a portion of Syria rebelled against his rule. He set out and subdued the rebellious city and captured seven princes. The princes were hung upside down on the prow of his ship, a common punishment for rebel leader in Pharonic Egypt. Upon reaching [[Thebes]] all but one of the princes were mounted on the city walls. The other was taken the often rebellious territory of [[Nubia]] and hung on the city wall of [[Napata]], as an example to any who dare rebel. Amenhotep II would briefly lead another campaign into [[Ancient Syria| Syria]] in [[1418 BC]]. |
Amenhotep II was the son of [[Thutmose III of Egypt| Thutmose III]] and a minor wife Merytra. Amenhotep II may have been co-regent with his father before he ascended the throne. Not long after his coronation a portion of Syria rebelled against his rule. He set out and subdued the rebellious city and captured seven princes. The princes were hung upside down on the prow of his ship, a common punishment for rebel leader in Pharonic Egypt. Upon reaching [[Thebes]] all but one of the princes were mounted on the city walls. The other was taken to the often rebellious territory of [[Nubia]] and hung on the city wall of [[Napata]], as an example to any who dare rebel. Amenhotep II would briefly lead another campaign into [[Ancient Syria| Syria]] in [[1418 BC]]. |
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Amenhotep II was not solely a warrior he was also a diplomat, he became the first Pharaoh to sign a piece treaty with the [[Mitanni]]. The Pharaoh would also establish cordial relations with [[Babylon| Babylonians]] and [[Hittites]] in exchange for acknowledging Egypt as [[hegemon]] of the region. With peace secured, Amenhotep II set about various he set about various building projects. He commissioned a column to stand in the courtyard between the fourth and fifth [[pylon]]s in the [[Luxor| Temple of Karnack]] commemorating the agreement between him [[Artatama I]] and other Mitanni leaders. He also built a temple to [[Horemakhet]] near the [[Great Sphinx]] at [[Giza]] and expanded the Temple of Karnack. |
Amenhotep II was not solely a warrior he was also a diplomat, he became the first Pharaoh to sign a piece treaty with the [[Mitanni]]. The Pharaoh would also establish cordial relations with [[Babylon| Babylonians]] and [[Hittites]] in exchange for acknowledging Egypt as [[hegemon]] of the region. With peace secured, Amenhotep II set about various he set about various building projects. He commissioned a column to stand in the courtyard between the fourth and fifth [[pylon]]s in the [[Luxor| Temple of Karnack]] commemorating the agreement between him [[Artatama I]] and other Mitanni leaders. He also built a temple to [[Horemakhet]] near the [[Great Sphinx]] at [[Giza]] and expanded the Temple of Karnack. |
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Amenhotep II did not record the names of his queens, some [[Egyptology| Egyptologists]] theorize that he felt that women had become |
Amenhotep II did not record the names of his queens, some [[Egyptology| Egyptologists]] theorize that he felt that women had become too powerful under titles such as ''God's Wife of Amun''. They point to the fact that he participated in his fathers removal of [[Hatshepsut]]'s name from her monument and the destruction of her image. |
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His [[mummy]] was discovered in [[KV35]] in the Valley of the Kings in his original [[sarcophagus]]. |
His [[mummy]] was discovered in [[KV35]] in the Valley of the Kings in his original [[sarcophagus]]. |
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Revision as of 12:51, 20 July 2004
Amenhotep II Aakheperura ( ? - 1400 BC) was the 7th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1427 BC to 1400 BC.
Amenhotep II was the son of Thutmose III and a minor wife Merytra. Amenhotep II may have been co-regent with his father before he ascended the throne. Not long after his coronation a portion of Syria rebelled against his rule. He set out and subdued the rebellious city and captured seven princes. The princes were hung upside down on the prow of his ship, a common punishment for rebel leader in Pharonic Egypt. Upon reaching Thebes all but one of the princes were mounted on the city walls. The other was taken to the often rebellious territory of Nubia and hung on the city wall of Napata, as an example to any who dare rebel. Amenhotep II would briefly lead another campaign into Syria in 1418 BC.
Amenhotep II was not solely a warrior he was also a diplomat, he became the first Pharaoh to sign a piece treaty with the Mitanni. The Pharaoh would also establish cordial relations with Babylonians and Hittites in exchange for acknowledging Egypt as hegemon of the region. With peace secured, Amenhotep II set about various he set about various building projects. He commissioned a column to stand in the courtyard between the fourth and fifth pylons in the Temple of Karnack commemorating the agreement between him Artatama I and other Mitanni leaders. He also built a temple to Horemakhet near the Great Sphinx at Giza and expanded the Temple of Karnack.
Amenhotep II did not record the names of his queens, some Egyptologists theorize that he felt that women had become too powerful under titles such as God's Wife of Amun. They point to the fact that he participated in his fathers removal of Hatshepsut's name from her monument and the destruction of her image.
His mummy was discovered in KV35 in the Valley of the Kings in his original sarcophagus.
See also: List of Pharaohs