Amenhotep (14th-century BCE)
Egyptian scribe and minister of Amenhotep III (1417-1379 BCE).
Amenhotep was worshipped in Thebes as a healer and celebrated for the magnificent temples that he commissioned.
In Egyptian art he’s usually depicted as a scribe with a papyrus scroll on his lap.
Amenhotep was revered to the extent of becoming deified.
Image Credit:
- “Painted limestone statue head of the pharaoh Amenhotep I. From the 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep I, circa 1551-1524 B.C. Now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum catalog number: 07.536.” by Keith Schengili-Roberts, Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License
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