Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; Egyptian
Amāna-Ḥātpa; meaning
Amun is Satisfied) also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth
pharaoh of the
Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled
Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father
Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep III was the son of Thutmose by a minor wife
Mutemwiya.