Amenhotep (''Ỉmn-ḥtp''; "
Amun
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. His oracle in Siwa Oasis, located in Western Egypt near the Libyan Desert, r ...
is pleased" or "Amun is satisfied") is an
ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
ian name. Its Greek version is Amenophis (). Its notable bearers were:
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Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty
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Amenhotep I
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Amenhotep II
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Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III ( , ; "Amun is satisfied"), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenization, Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty. According to d ...
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Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)
Princes
* Amenhotep A, a son of
Sobekhotep IV
Khaneferre Sobekhotep IV was one of the more powerful Egyptian kings of the 13th Dynasty (c. 1803 BC to c. 1649 BC), who reigned at least eight years. His brothers, Neferhotep I and Sihathor, were his predecessors on the throne, the latter havi ...
(13th dynasty), named on a box (now in Cairo)
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Amenhotep D, a son of Amenhotep II (18th dynasty)
* Amenhotep F, princely name of
Akhenaten
Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Akhenaton or Echnaton ( ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eig ...
* Amenhotep G, a son of
Ramesses II
Ramesses II (sometimes written Ramses or Rameses) (; , , ; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Pharaoh, Egyptian pharaoh. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Nineteenth Dynasty. Along with Thutmose III of th ...
(19th dynasty),
14th on the list of princes
Nobles
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Amenhotep (treasurer) treasurer of the 13th Dynasty
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Amenhotep (high steward), high steward of Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep, son of Hapu
Amenhotep, son of Hapu (transcribed ''jmn-ḥtp zꜣ ḥꜣp.w''; early-mid 14th century BC) was an ancient Egyptian architect, a priest, a Reporter (Ancient Egypt), herald, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Am ...
, deified Ancient Egyptian architect (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep, Priest of Amun (18th Dynasty)
* Amenhotep Huy, Governor of the
Northern Oasis under Thutmose III (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep-Huy, Vizier of South under Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep (Huy), the high steward of Memphis under Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep called Huy,
Viceroy of Kush under
Tutankhamon (18th Dynasty)
* Amenhotep, son of Yuti, chamberlain under Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep (Asyut), official and physician (19th Dynasty)
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Amenhotep, Priest of Amun, High Priest from the 20th Dynasty
* Amenhotep, father of Queen
Kakat (23rd Dynasty)
Other
*The father of
Rapses in
Mummies Alive! is named Amenhotep (although which one is not specified)
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4847 Amenhotep (the name of an asteroid)
*Ptolemaic era owner of a Book of the Dead from the
Joseph Smith Papyri collection
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Imhotep
Imhotep (; "(the one who) comes in peace"; ) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Very little is known of Imhotep as a historical figur ...
, a similar name
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Ancient Egyptian given names
Theophoric names