After revealing the Pharaoh’s face, Morares observed that it differed significantly from the god-like features depicted in statues. “Many mummies, such as Amenhotep I, show a retrognathism or ...

although it actually depicted the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; and in early Egyptology, all such statues were called "Memnons." The term "younger" was used to differentiate it from others ...

This truly colossal statue and its companion are all that remains of a huge mortuary temple built by the pharaoh Amenhotep III (Amenophis) in the 14th century B.C. The temple, which the pair of ...

Amenhotep III’s body was found in 1898 hidden ... bent across her chest—interpreted as a queen’s burial pose. Her statue from the temple at Karnak displays a similarly bent left arm.