It was "probably the highest-quality art Egypt ever made," says Johns Hopkins' Betsy Bryan. "The man had taste!" Amenhotep III reserved the greatest works for his hometown, Thebes, today's Luxor.

Ray Johnson of the University of Chicago sees a link between the sculptures and friezes of Amenhotep III's reign and the naturalistic art of Akhenaten's time, and he and others suggest that father ...

The breed of this sculpted dog is also unclear. Ancient Egyptians tended to prefer energetic dog breeds, and the ones often ...

Amenhotep III’s body was found in 1898 hidden along ... and the Aten reigns supreme. The art of this period is also infused with a revolutionary new naturalism; the pharaoh has himself depicted ...

Amenhotep III was the grandfather of Tutankhamun who reigned in Egypt in the 14th century BC and was revered as a divine ruler. Under his rule, Egypt flourished economically and politically ...