Amenhotep lived during the
18th Dynasty, the
New Kingdom
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era; (c. 1479 – 1425 BC). He was the High Priest in the Temple of
Amun
Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → (Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egyptian ...
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He was in charge of most of the wealth of Egypt, which flowed in and out of the Temple of Amun. He was also in charge of the gardens and granaries of the Temple. During his lifetime he presided over the funerals of three Pharaohs:
Amenhotep I,
Thutmose I, and
Thutmose III.
References
Theban High Priests of Amun
Priests of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
14th-century BC clergy
14th-century BC Egyptian people
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