Talk:Amenhotep III

message: - Is possible that Amenophis III may identify with name Memnon of Greek Mythology (only with the name, not the hero)?
--IonnKorr 22:48, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memnon and Amenophis III 

message: I changed the page layout somewhat to avoid using "div" HTML tags, as these don't always come out right on all browsers (they didn't on mine, the image covered some of the text). Unfortunately, I couldn't quickly figure out how to stack two images on the left side of the page, so I put the photo of the statue of Memnon on the right. I think it looks okay, but if someone feels like they can improve it, they're welcome to! :-)
Archiesteel 18:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page Layout 

message: There's a lot of good content, but the arrangement and "flow" is awkward. Some suggestions on what needs to be done:
- use the same formatting style for all quotations being used. I suggest Template:Cquote (using the example that contains citation and reference)
- the citation format needs to be consistent and follow the accepted format; see: Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Full_citations
- the section on his life begins with a statement on his statuary; this should be moved to the Monuments section. I would suggest instead to lead with the paragraph that starts "Amenhotep appears to have been crowned while still a child..."
- I suspect the real reason for Amenhotep III's refusal to marry off one of his daughters is that the royal line of inheritance was matrilinial, something that was cemented earlier in this dynasty, started again Ahmose I and consolidated under his successor Amenhotep I. Might want to refer to that as well.
- I have changed the instances I have found referring to "Queens" since that was not a standard ancient Egyptian title, and have replaced with Great Royal Wife where applicable. For similar reasons I am uncomfortable with calling his son "Crown Prince Thutmose" instead of simply "Thutmose" or "Thutmose B" (Dodson and Hilton's reference for him). Not sure what the correct title is offhand, but "Crown Prince" is definitely of Western origin. 
- the reference to the many statues of Sehkmet ought to be expanded, explaining current thinking as to why he built so many of this lion-headed goddess (thought to be a protector from plague, hint hint ;-)
This is a good start anyways. Will volunteer to do a copyedit pass on this afterwards. Captmondo 15:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments on the current "flow" of the article

message: Does anyone know where that statue which is the main picture is located now? It was in the Egyptian museum in berlin, I gather, but last night walking through the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, I was amazed not only to find we had a new head of Amenhotep III, but additionally it looks exactly like that one. Does anyone know if it moved, or is our new one just a duplicate. If it moved, perhaps changing the location in the caption is in order. Thanatosimii 13:52, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The head in the photo is the Colossal quartzite statue of Amenhotep III, which was sent on loan from the British Museum on the "Temples and Tombs" travelling exhibition round the US from Sept 2006-Feb 2008. Chasuble (talk) 14:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  That statue... 

message: This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The prose and sourcing could be further refined, but I believe this is of GA standard enough that I will pass it. The lead needs greater expansion and development too. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Jackyd101 (talk) 18:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps

message: Tut described himself as "Son of a Pharaoh". With erupted wisdom teethe Tut was probably about 23 when he died of malaria. This makes him too old to be the son of Akhenaton as some believe so that leaves Amenhotep III as the most likely contender for Tuts paternity. 
Amenhotep was in bad health during the last years of his reign but perfectly capable of fathering another and final child.
So the late Prof Harrison may well be corect when he concluded that Ahenaton was the son of Amenhotep and Tiye, Smenkhare and Tut were the sons of Amenhotep and Kiya.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.93.199.154 (talk) 13:55, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paternity of Tut. 

message: Speaking of such things, the reference to Smenkhare as appearing as female is not supported by the Allen paper on the Amarna succession (at least as I read it), which differentiates between a female pharoah/co-regent, Neferneferuaten, and a male Smenkhare. I know there's been discussion of Smenkhare appearing in traditionally female positions in a place or two, but even there as far as I know he's dressed as a male and consistently referred to with male pronouns, etc. Unless some one has some info on this front, I'm going to take that reference out. Elakazal (talk) 17:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smenkhare 

message: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/176965.html --213.198.238.76 (talk) 11:21, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  New statue 

message: Apparently in my Belgian newspaper De Standaaerd it was announced that a new find in Luxor confirmed that Amenhotep IV, alias Akhenaten, did have a period of co-rule with his father Amenhotep III. A mural painting dating from Amenhotep III's Heb Sed shows both pharaohs together with their names mentioned together. According to the minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim Ali al-Sayed, this is an important find. Alas I can only find a Dutch language newspaper source: http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140206_00967016 Has anyone a English language source confirming this?-- fdewaele, 6 February 2014, 18:32 CET
:: The english-version of the paper by FM Valentin can be found here at Acedemia.edu (scans of KMT v.25 n.2 summer 2014, including link to PDF). Both names appear next to each other, each as king, at the time of the first heb-sed of Amen-III when Amen-III becomes deified as the still living Aten-Tjehen Nebma'`atri`a. — al-Shimoni (talk) 20:59, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: co-rule with Amenhotep IV confirmed

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Draft:A Sed Festival Stela of Amenhotep III -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 06:58, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  merging in  

message: Any citation on the "Egyptian" pronunciation as Amāna-Ḥātpa? Making such an assertion of the pronunciation of a dead language seems questionable otherwise - also if there has been research into the "correct" pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian (as opposed to the Egyptological Conventional pronunciation) I'd be very interested in following that up. Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amatama (talk • contribs) 15:58, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation?