*British museum(Amenhotep III)

Colossal statue of Amenhotep III

Eighteenth Dynasty, about 1370BC From Thebes.

This fine sculpture stood in the king's mortuary temple to the west of the Nile at Thebes.

It was part of an extensive array of architectural sculpture wich adorned this temple.

The king built many temples in the country (Luxor, Memphis, Elkab, Armant). At Thebes he had a vast temple constructed to his own cult on the West Bank; the colossal statues (known as the Colossi of Memmon), are the most monumental elements still standing.. His main wife was Tiy, who seems to have played an important part in the reign. She appears on monuments more often and more prominently than virtually any queen before her. There are several letters known from the Amarna correspondance, demonstrating the close diplomatic contact of the royal courts at this time.