The monument, in red granite, is 2.5 meters high, dating back about 3000 years ago and represents Amenhotep III
E ' a giant head. E 'in red granite. It dates back to 3000 years ago. This ancient artifact has surfaced from the sands of Egypt, offering to ride to the archaeologists who have recovered. This would be the portrait of Amenhotep III, the pharaoh who reigned in Egypt between 1390 and 1352 BC. Amenhotep III was the father of Akhenaton, the so-called heretic pharaoh regarded as a precursor of monotheism. The head, discovered in Luxor, is 2.5 meters high and is a masterpiece of high quality, as stated in the head of Egyptian antiquities, Zahi Hawass. The head was found at the site of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep. Luxor is the city of Upper Egypt where there was Thebes, the ancient capital at the time of the Middle Kingdom. Luxor today are two monuments, dedicated to the god Amon, the father of all gods. The urban layout of the city was well defined: to the east, where the sun rises, the city of the living to the west of the Nile, where the sun sets, the city of the dead.
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