AHMOSE

Fought in the name of Amun - Referred to Amun-Re as his father => Karnak Stela of Ahmose Offerings - Dedicated splendid gifts, crediting him for military victories => Karnak Stela of Ahmose -> dishes + bowls of gold/silver, ebony harp, offerings tables of gold, sphinxes of silver jars of pink granite, filled with ointment, Buildings - Additions to temple in honour of Amun, in return for victories => Temple at Karnak + Luxor -> Added columns, roof, floor from cedar of Lebanon, limestone features

AMENHOTEP I
Buildings - Erected beautiful monuments at Karnak rd -> Alabaster shrine on 3 pylon => Biography of Ineni: for his father Amun a great gate of 20 cubits of fine limestone of Aya Other religious contributions: - built/repaired temples + chapels at Abydos, El Kab, Elephatine Island - mud-brick shrine at Deir el-Bahri = Hathor - added a chapel to temple of Osiris = in honour of father Ahmose - additions to temple in Sinai

THUTMOSE I
Offerings - Dedicated tribute from campaign in Naharin Buildings - Temple at Karnak => Biography of Ineni inscription -> great door of Asiatic copper inlaid with gold - named Amun mighty in wealth -> 2 20m granite obelisks, for Sed festival -> monumental pylons (Lichtheim) Glorified his father, crediting him for making Egypt the superior of every land

THUTMOSE II

HATSHEPSUT
Instigated the importance of Amun

THUTMOSE III
Credited Amun with his succession +kingship -> referred to as his father => exterior wall at Karnak - describes occasion when via an oracle, Amun-Re chose Thutmose as future king Credited A for military successes + growth of empire => fought in the name of Amun his father his father Amun strengthened his arms (Amenemhab) Credited Amun for military successes through dedications using the resulting wealth: Offerings numerous gifts to Karnak (feasts, wealth, lands, slaves) -> lands + monuments => Karnak Inscription, yr 15 of reign (While still in co-regency) gave lands, 2800 stat to be fields of divine offering presented to him very many monuments many chambers wrought with electrum and black copper -> Feasts + Offerings from the Conquests Established a feast of victory for his father Amun - 5 day celebration for the overthrowing of the wretched Retjenu + widening the borders of Egypt in the yr23 (Breasted) th => Temple of Karnak, 6 pylon (inscribed on back of south half) - extensive lists of feasts + offerings dedicated

In the name of Amun, put down a rebellion in Nubia yr 1 Buildings => Temple at Karnak -> 2 obelisks -> 2 colossal statues

Associated Amun with her kingship - referred to him as her father => Divine birth scenes (Djeser-Djeseru) Attributed her conception and accession to Amun => Relief on Obelisk - Amun crowning Trading expedition to Punt => Punt reliefs, South half of middle colonnade (Djeser) - honoured Amun by obeying his oracle and glorified him - dedicated products to Amun at Karnak -> wealth, power, influence of his cult and priesthood (Offerings) Appointed members of Amun priesthood to her government => Hapusoneb Buildings Large-scale building projects => Additions to Temple of Karnak -> increased Temple estates Festivals - honoured Amun => Festival of Opet (route) + Valley (revived) (innovation - oracles)

-> From Megiddo: 3 cities (Yanoan, Nuges, Herenkeru) + slaves + cattle => Karnak Temple Hall of Annals relief - obelisks - furniture - cedar flag staves tipped with electrum - exquisite vessels + ornaments Buildings - Additions to Karnak Temple -> increased Temple estates => Temple of Amun at Karnak Karnak Building Stela => Temple of Ptah at Karnak (resting shrine for Amuns barque) - gave Karnak sole rights to tribute from Upper Retjenu Festivals - Increased number of festivals in honour of Amun

AMENHOTEP II
Begins moving away from Amun + promoting the sun god Amun - credit for successful strategy, yr 9 Palestine

THUTMOSE IV
Moves away from Amun

Amun - Dedicate SP tribute - BUT dedic less monuments to A than predecessors

Move away from Amun: Piety in the provinces Piety to other gods - Re-Horakhty - Horemakhet (Sphinx cult)

Religious Developments -> Promoted sun cult at Heliopolis attributed accession to throne as father -> Dream Stela, between paws great sphinx Giza - dream he promised white crown + red crown upon the throne if he cleared the sand away from sphinx (embodiment of the sun-god, in its many forms) - Historicity: Breasted folk tale written later date based on incident involving him, prob hunted freq in vicinity -> First mention of Aten as god Reference to new universal aspect of sun