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 remains of this mighty Pharaoh are lying in the Museum at Boulak.

After the death of their conqueror, the kings of Canaan and the princes of Mesopotamia threw off the foreign yoke. Amenhotep overran the country and reduced its inhabitants once more to subjection. It is recorded of him that he smote down and slew seven of the Canaanitish chiefs with his battle-axe, and brought them back with him to Egypt. 'Six of these enemies,' says the story, 'were hung upon the walls of Thebes, and their hands were hung up in the same way; the other enemy was brought up the river to Nubia, and hung upon the walls of the town of Napata 'to show to the people of the land of the negroes for all time the victories of the king over his enemies.' This is the chief event recorded of the reign of Amenhotep, who was succeeded by Thothmes