A Princess Becomes Queen, a Prince Becomes Heir. In 1370 BCE, the same year as the Sed-Festival, pharaoh Amunhotep III made two interesting decisions. He made his eldest daughter his wife, and named his eldest (surviving) son as heir to the throne. In a short side-episode, we explore these events and their significance...

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Select bibliography:

• Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
• Aidan Dodson, “On the Alleged “Amenhotep III/IV Coregency” Graffito at Meidum,” Göttinger Miszellen, 2009.
• Peter F. Dorman, “The Long Coregency Revisited: Architectural and Iconographic Conundra in the Tomb of Kheruef,” Causing His Name To Live Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, 2009.
• Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012.
• Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992.
• William J. Murnane, Ancient Egyptian Coregencies, 1977.
• David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001.
• Lana Troy, Patterns of Queenship in Ancient Egyptian Myth and History, 1986.

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