Amenhotep II (Aakheperure)
1427 BCE–1400 BCE · New-Kingdom
Amenhotep II (throne-name Aakheperure) was the son and successor of Thutmose III in Dynasty 18, conventionally dated to around 1427-1400 BCE. He cultivated a public reputation for extraordinary athletic and military prowess, boasting of his feats of archery and rowing in his inscriptions, and he campaigned in the Levant to maintain the empire his father had built. His reign consolidated Egyptian power at its height, holding the gains of the great age of conquest.
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