Zenith of the 18th Dynasty 2 - Amunhotep II

[@JackAnna2024]

Amenhotep II was not "first buried in his royal tomb and moved later to the Cache". His tomb was one of the two caches with mummies and he was together with Tutankhamun on of the only two mummies found in their original sarcophagus.

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

You are correct!

[@richardpaschal2218]

He was found in situ in his tomb. His bow was found next to him in his sarcophagus.

[@rserserserse]

Boop

[@loganosmolinski4446]

Grrrrr

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

This is getting out of hand. Now there's two of them!

[@loganosmolinski4446]

@@ArmchairEgyptology yeessss soon you shall exist only to be booped. We shall become legion.

[@rserserserse]

@@loganosmolinski4446 hehehe

[@amritsanders9243]

Insecurity about women, misogyny and a bit of racism for good measure. What a guy! Would fit in very well into certain 'leading' countries in the world in 2022. My, how we've progressed.

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

I hear he might be in the Republican primary for 2024.

[@rserserserse]

@@ArmchairEgyptology you know how ancient egyptians often depict their gods in a way that looks like an animal with a human shaped body, wearing fancy clothing? nowadays we have these youtubers with animated avatars of bears in suits ranting about how womens rights are bad actually. all I'm saying is amunhotep was probably several thousands of years ahead of his time

[@TomMorrison-cc6xw]

I despise him -- boastful lout. His letter to his Viceroy of Nubia is one of the most blatant examples of xenophobia from ANY ruler before or since. I would also point out all those claims of athletic prowess are SELF-REPORTED -- dictated to his own minions to be memorialized on stele & temple carvings for all eternity. Ramses II had a mighty ego, but doesn't come close to poor Thutmose III's second son

[@samuelfawdry6411]

I think Amunhotep II eldest son died of the plague during the Exodus that is why his younger son seceded him I do believe Amunhotep II is a primary candidate for the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

We should always be careful when trying to interpret history through the lens of mythology.

[@samuelfawdry6411]

@@ArmchairEgyptology that is true but as I said he is my primary candidate there are others of course but of course we got to keep an open mind

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

I guess I wonder, candidate for what? There is no physical or documentary evidence that the described events took place, so as far as I can tell no pharaohs are a candidate for anything. On the other hand I have watched both Prince of Egypt and Exodus: Gods and Kings and they say it was Ramesses II 🤷‍♂️

[@beestoe993]

@@ArmchairEgyptology I wouldn't count on hollywood as a historical reference. On the other hand, if the Bible is indeed mythology, why have archeologists been using it as a reference for their work for hundreds of years? Just a little food for thought. And incidentally, if your Kingdom was brought to its knees because of a high ranking Woman bringing a bastard into the fold, you might have some misogynistic tendencies too. 😉

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

Archaeologists have belonged to Abrahamic religions for hundreds of years. Egyptology was partly inspired by the idea of proving the Bible right. And yet here we are, no evidence of the events described!

[@stevenkunkel7283]

The pharaoh of the exodus himself was very misogynistic

[@ArmchairEgyptology]

There are several candidates for that dubious honour; and probably none of them were feminists 😅

[@loganosmolinski4446]

Boop