Episode 80: Servant of Great Gods – The History of Egypt Podcast

Amunhotep II (Part 4): Worshiping the Sphinx

Before he became King, Amunhotep II made a promise to revitalize worship at the Giza necropolis. Once Pharaoh, he fulfilled that promise in spectacular fashion…

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The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II — The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II
GizaPyramids.org

The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II, with limestone gateway and the Great Stela visible — The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II, with limestone gateway and the Great Stela visible
GizaPyramids.org

Reshep — Reshep
Wilkinson 2003

A small sphinx of Amunhotep II — A small sphinx of Amunhotep II
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Selim Hassan (Bey) during excavations in 1936 — Selim Hassan (Bey) during excavations in 1936
Hassan 1953

The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II — The Sphinx Temple of Amunhotep II
Hassan 1953

Doorway and ground-plan for Amunhotep II’s Sphinx Temple — Doorway and ground-plan for Amunhotep II’s Sphinx Temple
Pasquali 2009

Bibliography

Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
Selim Hassan, The Great Sphinx and Its Secrets, 1953.
Stéphane Pasquali, “Baraize Excavations 1933 – 1934 at Giza,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 2009.
William Kelly Simpson, “Reshep in Egypt,” Orientalia, 1960.
Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.