Amenophis
the name of four Egyptian kings of the 18th dynasty. The first, SER-KA RA, reigned about 1666 в. c., carried on successful wars in Ethiopia is fourth part of the and Libya. The second, called AA-KHE- PERU RA, reigned in 1566 B. c., and made Florence, and to other gentlemen. Th a successful campaign in Asia. The letters were translated by Martin Wald- He 1507. In his preface Waldseemüller prothird, the most famous, was the 9th of seemüller, a German schoolmaster and the 18th dynasty, known as MAAT-NEB cosmographer at St. Dié in Lorraine, and RA, reigned about 1500 в. c. During his incorporated by him in a treatise, "Cos posed that "this fourth part of the world" should be called, after its discov- erer, a man of sagacious mind, by the to the country of Karo in Abysmogra also built along the banks of the Nile posed that "this a series of marvelous monuments. The temple at Gebel-Barkal in the Sudan was erected by this King. He added considerably to the temple of Karnak and that part of the temple of Luxor which bears his name; also erected on the left bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, a sacred edifice which once must have been one of the most important in Egypt, of which now only the enormous colossi are left, which are portrait statues of himself. He was known to the Greeks as Ammon. The fourth was known as KHUNthat part of the temple of Luxor which bears his name; also erected on the left bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, a sa- which now only the enormous colossi are an innovation in religion by substituting the new worship of Aten (the sun's disk) for that of Amun and other Egyptian deities. He also moved the capital from Thebes to a place in the middle of Egypt, the modern Tel-el Amarna.
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