Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; Egyptian Amāna-Ḥātpa; meaning Amun is Satisfied) also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep III was the son of Thutmose by a minor wife Mutemwiya.
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![Vase in the Louvre with the names Amenohotep III and Tiye written in the cartouches on the left, (and Tiye's on the right).](/Images/godic/202412/20/Egypte_louvre_1820353.jpg")
![Queen Tiye, whose husband, Amenhotep III, may have been depicted to her right in this broken statue](/Images/godic/202412/20/Queen_Tiye_-_cropped_-_probably_with_her_husband_Amenhotep_III_-_34_louvre_-_egyptarchive0353.JPG")
![One of the many commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III. This scarab belongs to a class called the](/Images/godic/202412/20/Egyptian_-_Commemorative_Scarab_of_Amenhotep_III_-_Walters_42206_-_Bottom0353.jpg")