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and he was present in Egypt in 1460BCE, then the early 1466BCE date<br />

for Exodus is in some doubt.<br />

On the other hand, there us another most interesting late date for<br />

the Exodus. Amenhotep III (Amen Hetep III) held his first Jubilee in<br />

1365BCE. Altogether, he had three Jubilees. <strong>The</strong> first son of Amenhotep<br />

III, crown prince Thutmose V, died before this Jubilee. <strong>The</strong> Pharaoh<br />

therefore selected his celebrated advisor Amen Hetep Son of Hapu to<br />

conduct the Sed Festival. This advisor took the place of the First Son, or<br />

Great One His Son (Aa Siph), in the role of the Sem Priest who deified the<br />

Pharaoh. In gratitude, Amenhotep III provided Amen Hetep Son of Hapu<br />

with a funerary temple in western <strong>The</strong>bes, adjacent to his own. <strong>The</strong><br />

Egyptians later deified the great advisor Amen Hetep Son of Hapu, as<br />

they had Imhotep. A Pharaonic decree inaugurated his mortuary cult.<br />

Amen Hetep Son of Hapu was born of unimportant parents in<br />

Athribis, the modern Benha, in Egypt’s delta. So great did he become<br />

that numerous statues in the temples of Amun and Mut at Karnak marked<br />

his illustrious career. <strong>The</strong>se statues show him seated as a scribe holding a<br />

papyrus. One statue made in his eightieth year records that he hoped to<br />

live to one hundred and ten.<br />

Although an outstanding and respected architect, Amen Hetep<br />

Son of Hapu became renowned for his piety and turned to religious<br />

duties. His main designation of scribe of goodly young men described<br />

one who recruited for the Egyptian State Mysteries. As many young men<br />

came to his temple for ceremonies and he was a Sed Priest, he was almost<br />

certainly in charge of these initiation rites.<br />

Amen Hetep Son of Hapu is an early archetype for the<br />

Freemason’s legendary Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. <strong>The</strong> king Amenhotep<br />

III is correspondingly an archetype for Solomon, as is the temple of Al<br />

Karnak for the Temple of Solomon.<br />

One of Amen Hetep Son of Hapu’s key projects was the Ophet or<br />

harem for the God Amun, in the Temple of Luxor. 365 Amun traveled<br />

from Karnak to Ophet once each year to celebrate his sacred marriage<br />

with Mut. A great feast followed in the name of the holy family of<br />

Karnak. Far beyond the borders of Egypt, people celebrated the eminence<br />

of Amun’s perfect son Khonsu, the Advice Giver.<br />

Amun’s new Ophet or harem adjoined the temple’s existing<br />

Pylon and first court built by Ramses II. It consisted of a colonnade,<br />

second court, columned hall and innermost ceremonial temple. Chapter<br />

103

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