mortuary temple of Amenhotep III

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archaeological site funerary temple mortuary temple

The mortuary temple of Amenhotep III was a vast 18th Dynasty funerary complex on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, once among ancient Egypt’s largest temples and now best known for its surviving Colossi of Memnon.

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Label Occurrences
Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III 1
mortuary temple complex of Amenhotep III 1
mortuary temple of Amenhotep III canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
funerary temple ⓘ
mortuary temple ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Amun ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
Sekhmet ⓘ
Sobek ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Amenhotep III ⓘ
builtFor Amenhotep III ⓘ
builtInPeriod New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
constructionEndDate circa 1353 BCE ⓘ
constructionStartDate circa 1390 BCE ⓘ
currentCondition largely ruined ⓘ
partially excavated ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amenhotep III ⓘ
excavatedBy Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project ⓘ
German Archaeological Institute in Cairo ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian-German archaeological missions
hasAlternateName mortuary temple of Amenhotep III ⓘ
surface form: Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III
hasArchitecturalStyle ancient Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ
hasConservationProject Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project ⓘ
surface form: Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project
hasDynasty 18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
hasMaterial limestone ⓘ
mudbrick ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
hasNotableFeature Colossi of Memnon ⓘ
colossal statuary program ⓘ
extensive relief decoration ⓘ
hypostyle halls ⓘ
large peristyle courts ⓘ
massive stone statues ⓘ
processional avenues ⓘ
sacred lake ⓘ
hasNotableRemnant Colossi of Memnon ⓘ
hasOrientation east–west axis toward the Nile ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscribedOn Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
locatedIn Thebes ⓘ
locatedInArea Kom el-Hettan ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear Luxor ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Nile ⓘ
partOf Theban Necropolis ⓘ
purpose cult of the dead king ⓘ
posthumous worship of Amenhotep III ⓘ
royal funerary rituals ⓘ
sufferedDamageFrom Nile floods ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
stone quarrying in later periods ⓘ
wasOneOf largest temples in ancient Egypt ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colossi of Memnon → partOf → mortuary temple of Amenhotep III ⓘ
mortuary temple of Amenhotep III → hasAlternateName → mortuary temple of Amenhotep III ⓘ
subject surface form: Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
this entity surface form: Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III
el-Colossat → partOf → mortuary temple of Amenhotep III ⓘ
this entity surface form: mortuary temple complex of Amenhotep III