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Nefer-kheperu-Ra-
Aa-kkeperu-Ra. Men-kheperu-Ra. Maat-neb-Ra. ua-en-Ra. Ser-klieperu-Ra-
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Amen-hotep II. Tehuti-meg IV. Amen-hotep III,
Amen-hotep IV., or
Khu-n-aten.
CHAPTER IX.
DYNASTY XVIII—continued.
AMEN-HOTEP II.— TEHUTI-MES IV.—AMEN-HOTEP III.
Aa-kheperu-Ra Amen-hotep II. 1566 b.c. cm.
It is a difficult and dangerous position to be the
son of a great father, for even the good has always an
enemy in the better. Thus it is that Amen-hotep II.
shines with diminished lustre, although he also, accord-
ing to the testimony of the monuments, strove to do
useful work for his country and his people.
According to the narrative of the warrior Amen-
emheb, the contemporary of Tehuti-mes III. and his son,
this last king, before his accession to the throne, on
the 1st of Pharmuthi, in the 54th year of the reign of
his father, had already distinguished himself in battles,
which he had been obliged to undertake against the
inhabitants of the ' Red Land,' the mountainous desert
valleys between the Nile and the Red Sea, inhabited by
the Bedawi. Amen-hotep, when heir-apparent, had
succeeded in overcoming these peoj)le, and forcing
their chiefs into submission to the king of Egypt; for,
as the inscription remarks, ' he possessed the fullest
abundance of might.'
After the death of Tehuti-mes IH., a spirit of inde-
pendence seems to have risen up in Asia. Again did
Aa-kkeperu-Ra. Men-kheperu-Ra. Maat-neb-Ra. ua-en-Ra. Ser-klieperu-Ra-
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Amen-hotep II. Tehuti-meg IV. Amen-hotep III,
Amen-hotep IV., or
Khu-n-aten.
CHAPTER IX.
DYNASTY XVIII—continued.
AMEN-HOTEP II.— TEHUTI-MES IV.—AMEN-HOTEP III.
Aa-kheperu-Ra Amen-hotep II. 1566 b.c. cm.
It is a difficult and dangerous position to be the
son of a great father, for even the good has always an
enemy in the better. Thus it is that Amen-hotep II.
shines with diminished lustre, although he also, accord-
ing to the testimony of the monuments, strove to do
useful work for his country and his people.
According to the narrative of the warrior Amen-
emheb, the contemporary of Tehuti-mes III. and his son,
this last king, before his accession to the throne, on
the 1st of Pharmuthi, in the 54th year of the reign of
his father, had already distinguished himself in battles,
which he had been obliged to undertake against the
inhabitants of the ' Red Land,' the mountainous desert
valleys between the Nile and the Red Sea, inhabited by
the Bedawi. Amen-hotep, when heir-apparent, had
succeeded in overcoming these peoj)le, and forcing
their chiefs into submission to the king of Egypt; for,
as the inscription remarks, ' he possessed the fullest
abundance of might.'
After the death of Tehuti-mes IH., a spirit of inde-
pendence seems to have risen up in Asia. Again did