Portrait of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 BCE, 10 3/8 x 6 x 5 in. ( x x cm), Granodiorite, Egypt, 15th-14th century BCE, 'Amenhotep the Magnificent' is pharaoh Amenhotep III’s epithet, and it says it all. In the 1300s BCE he ruled an empire that stretched from northern Syria to Sudan, an area roughly the size of Alaska, Texas, and Wisconsin combined. His 38-year rule was a period of political, economic, and cultural prosperity, and he commissioned numerous carved portraits of himself; these varied in height from 60 feet to a couple of inches.

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