Father of the famed “heretic Pharaoh,” Akhenaten, and grandfather to the famous King Tut, Amenhotep III was one of Kemet's (Egypt’s) greatest Neswet's "nswt-bjtj" (Pharaohs) and the most successful of the 18th Dynasty.
One of the more rare artifacts of Amenhotep III for obvious reasons. This image will never be shared frontline in any museum because of the obvious black African features. The Statue has thick long locs which academics falsely claim as a wig. In over a century of excavations no wig that resembles dread locs has been discovered. Simple explanation.
It is his natural hair locked up in long thick dreads. His heavily accentuated features and the fullness of the nose and lips seems to make a strong statement that in an age of mass immigration and an African Empire in Decline, it was important for the Amarna family to put a heavy focus on distinctive phenotypes of native Nilotic Africans and the Black African Wasetian (Theban) Kingdom of Upper Kemet who ruled over the Mediterranean and Levant.
A shame but this statue has been damaged and Queen Tiye has almost been comoltlely destroyed. Luckily we can still see the reminisce of her long braided hair which is consistent which her other statues as well as the statues of her mother Tjuya.
Collection:
Name: Amenhotep III: Couples Statues
Dated: Amenhotep III (1391 - 1353)
Period: New Kingdom - 18th dynasty
Origin: KV 22 Tomb of Amenhotep III (Valley of the Kings)
Decoration: king (head, long locs, full thick lips and nose
Dimensions: Height: 25.5cm; Width: 25cm
Inventory number: Main number: N 2310
"King of Upper Kemet…Beautiful is the Ka-Soul of Ra who appears in Waset"
"I have not spoken angrily or arrogantly. I have not cursed anyone in thought, word or deeds." ~ 35th & 36th Principals of Ma'at
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