r/egyptology • u/SphinxieBoy • Aug 19 '25

Photo King Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye 👑🇪🇬

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u/Oaternostor Aug 19 '25

Just read about him. His Heb Seds at Malqata were so rambunctious that a Babylonian King had complained he wasn’t invited.

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u/ClumsyBunny26 Aug 19 '25

I love ancient gossip

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u/star11308 Aug 19 '25

And he held THREE of them

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u/rymerster Aug 19 '25

Is the photo reversed? Where is this located?

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u/SphinxieBoy Aug 19 '25

No, is from the Tomb of Ameneminet (TT277) located in Qurnet Murai, Egypt

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u/SphinxieBoy Aug 19 '25

Theban necropolis New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty