| Amenhotep |
"Amen is at peace": This is the birth name given to four of the great pharaohs of Dynasty Eighteen and born proudly by many nobles and citizens. This name has a Theban ring to it. There, in the village of workmen who make the pharaohs' resplendent tombs in the Valley of the Kings, a cult has grown up around the deified Amenhotep I. A (non-royal) notable, one Amenhotep son of Hapu, was an important official under Amenhotep III and was also deified posthumously for his renown as a wise and powerful man. |
