Thutmosis III - San Jose
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N 37° 20.083 W 121° 55.354
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This sculpture of Thutmosis III is on the grounds of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.
Waymark Code: WMNA9G
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2015
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There is no fee to visit the grounds of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.
This statue in typical ancient Egyptian style is about 13 feet tall and would appear to be made of some type of concrete polymer. There is no indication at the site as to the artist or date. The figure of the Pharaoh stands, hands by his side, left foot a half-step forward. He wears the royal headdress and faux-beard. It is set on a low block and has a set of hieroglyphics running in a cartouche at the back.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"hutmose III (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III, Thothmes in older history works, and meaning "Thoth is born") was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. While he was shown first on surviving monuments, both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other.[3] He served as the head of her armies.
After her death and his later rise to pharaoh of the kingdom, he created the largest empire Egypt had ever seen; no fewer than seventeen campaigns were conducted, and he conquered from Niya in North Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia.
Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost fifty-four years, and his reign is usually dated from April 24, 1479 BC to March 11, 1425 BC; however, this includes the twenty-two years he was co-regent to Hatshepsut. During the final two years of his reign, he appointed his son and successor, Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent. His firstborn son and heir to the throne, Amenemhat, predeceased Thutmose III. When Thutmose III died, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings as were the rest of the kings from this period in Egypt."