Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III (c. 1388 BCE – 1353 or 1351 BCE) was the ninth Pharaoh of the of Egypt. Under his rule, Egypt entered an age of prosperity and artistic splendour, reaching the peak of its artistic and international power. He was later succeeded by his son, Akhenaten.
==Biography==
During his reign, Amenhotep built a mortuary temple in the Theban Necropolis across the Nile, along with two giant statues in his image.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs
===Legacy===
In 2012, Amenhotep was one of many historical people included in the Glyph puzzles the late Assassin Clay Kaczmarek had left behind in the Animus as messages for his successor Desmond Miles to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Amenhotep was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a Staff of Eden.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #5: "Instruments of Power"
==Gallery==
ACO Colossi of Memnon.jpg|Statues of Amenhotep III guarding the Theban Necropolis
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs 
==References==
Category:1388 BCE births
Category:1350s BCE deaths
Category:Individuals
Category:Egyptians
Category:Ethnic Egyptians
Category:Pharaohs of Egypt
Category:Thutmosid dynasty