Amenhotep son of Hapu
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Amenhotep son of Hapu 🇪🇬

𓇋𓏠𓈖𓊵𓏏𓊪 (Known as "Huy son of Hapu")
Royal Architect, Scribe, Sage of Ancient Egypt, Deified Healer
Born c. 1420 BCE 🇪🇬 Athribis, Egypt
Passed Away c. 1350 BCE Thebes, Egypt
Lifespan ~70 years old
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"I reached the age of eighty years, beloved of my king, with a heart pure before the gods."

Archival Overview

Master architect and sage to Pharaoh Amenhotep III who designed the Colossi of Memnon and the Luxor Temple complex, worshipped for a millennium as a patron god of medicine and wisdom.

Biographical Record

Born in the Nile Delta city of Athribis, Amenhotep son of Hapu rose through the royal scribal administration to become Chief of All Works for Pharaoh Amenhotep III during the golden twilight of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He engineered the extraction, transport, and erection of the monumental 700-ton quartz Colossi of Memnon.

Granted the unprecedented royal honor of a funerary temple in Western Thebes alongside pharaohs, his medical wisdom and philosophical proverbs led to his full deification in the Ptolemaic era alongside Imhotep, worshipped as a miraculous healer at Deir el-Bahari.

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Final Resting Place

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Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep son of Hapu
Thebes (Luxor), Egypt
GPS: 25.7208, 32.5997
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