ABSTRACT
For the last two years of his reign, Tuthmosis III associated his son, Amenhotep II, on the throne with him. Amenhotep was the son of Tuthmosis’ Great Royal Wife, Meryetre Hatshepsut, and the young man had early acquired a reputation as an athlete of great physical strength. His skill as an archer was clearly remarkable and he himself was obviously proud of his prowess with a bow, for many representations of him in this pursuit are known; the most famous being, perhaps, a scene on a block from Karnak where Amenhotep is shown in a speeding chariot shooting arrows through a great copper target. The remains of some of his longbows were found in his tomb, an indication of the pleasure he obtained from this sport which he obviously wished to continue in the next world. Archery was not his only pastime: he was renowned as an oarsman of prodigious strength and he was also a skilled horseman.
