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Amenemopet (called Pairy)
Amenemopet called Pairy was Vizier and Governor of the Town (Thebes) of Egypt's 18th Dynasty under Amenhotep II, buried in tombs TT 29 and KV 48.
Amenemopet (prince)
Amenemopet was a prince of ancient Egypt's 18th Dynasty, a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, known only from lists of the king's children, alongside brothers including Thutmose IV.
Amenemopet (princess)
Amenemopet was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty, probably a daughter of Thutmose IV, known from her tutor's Theban tomb and a reburied royal mummy.
Amenemopet (Viceroy of Kush)
Amenemopet was Viceroy of Kush, head of Egypt's administration of Nubia, during the Ramesside period under Sety I, known from rock graffiti at Aswan and a stela at Qasr Ibrim.
Amenherkhepshef (prince)
Amenherkhepshef was a prince of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, a son of Ramesses III and Queen Tyti, buried in tomb QV 55 in the Valley of the Queens at Thebes.
Amenhotep (vizier)
Amenhotep, called Huy, was Vizier of the South in Egypt under Amenhotep III around 1358–1353 BC, known chiefly from his unfinished tomb at Asasif, excavated since 2009.
Amenhotep I
Amenhotep I, also known as Amenophis I, was the second pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty who ruled c. 1525–1504 BC and was later worshipped as a god.
Amenhotep II
Amenhotep II (Aakheperura) was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, son of Thutmose III, who reigned about 1425–1399 BC and was buried in tomb KV35, found in 1898 with a cache of royal mummies.
Amenhotep II's Syrian campaign
Amenhotep II's Syrian campaign of Year 9 was the last recorded military expedition of the 18th-Dynasty pharaoh, a punitive advance confined to Palestine as far as the Sea of Galilee.
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III (Nebmaatra), ninth pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, reigned about 38 years, c. 1391–1353 BC, at the peak of imperial wealth; builder of Luxor, Malqata, Kom el-Hettan, and husband of Tiye.
Amenhotep son of Hapu
Amenhotep son of Hapu was an Egyptian architect and royal scribe under Amenhotep III, worshipped as a healing god for about a millennium after his death.
Amenia (Egyptian queen consort)
Amenia was the first recorded wife of Horemheb, the general who became the last king of Egypt's 18th Dynasty; she died before his accession and never bore a queen's title.
Amenirdis I
Amenirdis I was a Kushite princess of Egypt's Twenty-fifth Dynasty, daughter of King Kashta, who held the powerful office of God's Wife of Amun at Thebes, legitimizing Kushite rule there.
Amenirdis II
Amenirdis II was a Kushite princess of Egypt's 25th Dynasty, daughter of the pharaoh Taharqa, adopted as heir to the God's Wife of Amun at Thebes.
Amenmesse
Amenmesse, also written Amenmeses, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty, about 1203–1199 BC, generally read today as a rival king controlling Thebes during Seti II's reign.
Amenmose (son of Thutmose I)
Amenmose was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 18th Dynasty, the eldest son and heir of Pharaoh Thutmose I, who predeceased his father and never took the throne.
Amenmose (vizier)
Amenmose, also written Amunmose, was a vizier of Egypt in the late Nineteenth Dynasty, attested in a Theban relief beside King Amenmesse and named in Papyrus Salt 124, which records him punishing the workman Paneb.
Amennakht (foreman)
Amennakht, also known as Amenakhte, was a foreman of the Deir el-Medina work-crew of royal tomb craftsmen in 19th-Dynasty Egypt, under Sethi I and Ramesses II.
Amennakht (Scribe of the Tomb)
Amennakht, son of Ipuy, was the senior Scribe of the Tomb at Deir el-Medina in Egypt's 20th Dynasty, central to the first recorded labor strike.
Ameny (general)
Ameny was a chief general of the Egyptian army under King Amenemhat II of the Twelfth Dynasty, known from stelae at Abydos and a tomb at Lisht.
Ameny (vizier under Amenemhat II)
Ameny was a high official of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, attested as overseer of marshland dwellers and governor of Elephantine around the transition from Senwosret I to Amenemhat II.
Ameny Qemau
Ameny Qemau was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty who reigned about two years around 1790 BC, and is known chiefly from his pyramid at south Dahshur, discovered in 1957.
Amenyseneb
Amenyseneb, also transcribed Imenyseneb or Amenysoneb, was an ancient Egyptian official and wab-priest at Abydos under pharaoh Khendjer, c. 1750 BC, known from four stelae and for restoring the Osiris temple.
Amethu called Ahmose
Amethu called Ahmose, also rendered Aametju, was a vizier and Mayor of Thebes in the early 18th Dynasty, father of the vizier Useramun and grandfather of Rekhmire.
Amherst papyri
The Amherst papyri are a collection of about 200 ancient Egyptian papyri in several scripts, assembled by Lord Amherst and bought by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1912.
Amka (official)
Amka was a high official of Early Dynastic Egypt who served under the First Dynasty and is known from clay seal impressions naming him and his office.
Amman Citadel inscription
The Amman Citadel inscription is an Ammonite building inscription of eight lines found in 1961 on the Citadel Hill of Amman, Jordan, among the earliest known texts in the Ammonite language.
Ammeris
Ammeris, also known as Ameres, is a Nubian figure whom Manetho's king list places at the head of Egypt's Dynasty 26, dated to about 715–695 BC; he is known only from Greek sources.
Ammi-ba'al
Ammi-ba'al, also rendered Ammi-ba'lī, was an Aramaean king of Bīt-Zamāni in the Upper Tigris valley, reduced to vassalage by Assyria and assassinated by his own nobles in 879 BC.
Ammi-ditana
Ammi-ditana was the ninth king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning from 1683 to 1647 BC. His largely peaceful reign saw temple building and one campaign against Der.