CAIRO - 22 March 2021: The second pharaoh of Dynasty 18, Amenhotep I was a child when he became king and ruled with the assistance of his mother, Queen Ahmose-Nefertari.
Amenhotep I led several military campaigns.
He also began or completed many construction projects.
Remembered as a great ruler, he was deified after his death alongside his mother.
The mummy of King Amenhotep I was discovered in the Deir el-Bahari Cache (TT 320), west of Luxor in 1881.
It will be among 22 royal mummies transferred in a grand parade from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
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