97: Amunhotep III and His Foreign Brides

Amunhotep III (Part 8): What Does The Scarab Say? From 1392 to 1390 BCE, Amunhotep III experienced an interesting few years. He hunted his 100th lion, and welcomed a new bride to his court. The princess Gilu-khepa came from Mitanni, for a diplomatic marriage to the king. Then, Amunhotep commissioned an artificial lake, built for the glory of his main wife, Tiye. Interesting times, all round... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: Daphna Ben-Tor, “Egyptian-Canaanite Relations in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages as Reflected by Scarabs,” Egypt, Canaan and Israel:History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature, 2011. C. Blankenberg-van Delden, The Large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III, 1969. Peter A. Clayton, “Some More ‘Fierce Lions’, and a ‘Marriage’ Scarab: The Large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenophis III,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1996. David O’Connor & Eric Cline, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 1997. Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. Orly Goldwasser, “A ‘Kirgipa’ Commemorative Scarab of Amenhotep III from Beit-Shean,” Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant, 2002. Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012. Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom, 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices