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The Tomb of Amenhotep II, is located in Valley of the Kings, in the East Valley, Thebes West Bank. Amenhotep II is the son of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut, and he was born and raised in Memphis (Redford, 2005). Thutmose III raised Amenhotep II to possess strength, sportsmanship skill, and knowledge of war tactics (Redford, 2005). He served as coregent with his father for approximately 2 years before taking the throne at around age 18. Amenhotep II had several wives, however, two routinely appear in text, Tiaa, and Sitamen I. His children include: 8 Sons-Thutmose, Amenhotep, Ahmose, Akheper, Amenemopet, Khaemweset, Nedjem, Webensenu, (buried in KV 35), 1 Daughter- Iaret (Lindgren, 2007)
Amenhotep II partook in multiple military campaigns during his early years as reigning Pharaoh (Redford, 2005). Amenhotep II’s first campaign was against uprisings in northern Syria, during which he extracted loyalty oaths from other Asiatic princes. (Gerwitz, 2014) Returning from …show more content…
Here are some of the items discovered inside Amenhotep II’s tomb:
*Amenhotep II’s mummy inside his replacement cartonnage coffin (only he & Tut were found in their own Tomb)
*large wooden figure of a serpent
*large wooden Sekhmet figure, multiple figures
*life size cow head
*furniture
*stone, wooden model boats fruits, flowers, cosmetic objects
*Archery equipment
*vases if green porcelain [faience] mostly hes-vases, others imitating the sign for life [ankh]
*resin coated wooden ‘panther’
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*30 large storage jars (emptied out)
*linen
*mass of embalmed provisions
*Shabti of Weebensenu-son of Amenhotep II
*wooden boat-body inside- (possibly 20th Dynasty Pharaoh Sethnakhte)
*15-17 mummies, 11 of which are Royal (discovered in room Jb &
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