KV22 Amenhetep III
Egypt /
Qina /
Armant /
World
/ Egypt
/ Qina
/ Armant
, 2 km from center (أرمنت)
World / Egypt
tomb(s), interesting place
Amenhetep III, 1386-1349 B.C.
Amenhetep III's reign was one of peace and prosperity. The economy flourished, especially the statue and construction industries. Amenhetep commissioned thousands upon thousands of statues of himself (including the famous Colossi of Memnon); modern historians estimate that he spend as much as a third of his entire reign posing. He also constructed the temple at Luxor and the elaborate thoroughfare connecting it to nearby Karnak. The one thing he did not think to build was a tomb, and he had to commandeer the unused one Thutmos IV had built in the Valley of the Kings' exurbs.
Description, images and plans of the tomb: www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_836.html
Amenhetep III's reign was one of peace and prosperity. The economy flourished, especially the statue and construction industries. Amenhetep commissioned thousands upon thousands of statues of himself (including the famous Colossi of Memnon); modern historians estimate that he spend as much as a third of his entire reign posing. He also constructed the temple at Luxor and the elaborate thoroughfare connecting it to nearby Karnak. The one thing he did not think to build was a tomb, and he had to commandeer the unused one Thutmos IV had built in the Valley of the Kings' exurbs.
Description, images and plans of the tomb: www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_836.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WV22
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 25°44'37"N 32°35'53"E
- Valley of the Kings 0.3 km
- Ancient Thebes with Necropolis 1.1 km
- The Avenue of Sphinxes 5.3 km
- Karnak 5.5 km
- Esna 48 km
- the mountain's wolf, son of darkness 147 km
- Mons Claudianus Quarries 147 km
- منزل ضيافة خاص بالشيخ ماهر علي عبدالرحمن منصور الانصاري شيخ مشايخ مركز طما 177 km
- Watermelon Valley region 355 km
- Al Qasr 373 km
- Valley of the King West Valley or valley of the monkeys 0.4 km
- Theban Mountain 1.1 km
- The archaeological area on the West Bank of Luxor 1.5 km
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna 1.6 km
- Deir el-Medina 1.7 km
- Valley of the Queens 1.9 km
- Qurnet Murrai 2.1 km
- Madinet Habu Temple Complex 2.7 km
- The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III 2.7 km
- Ancient Thebes with Necropolis 3.9 km