Sometimes the way we learn about the past colors our impression and understanding of it. Minor events can be made to seem huge and extremely significant ones can be downplayed or totally overlooked. It’s hard to be on the lookout for all the different biases that can color what we learn about events we weren’t even alive to witness. One of the strangest ways our understanding of history can be manipulated deals with time. Some periods or events that have received a lot of attention were far more short-lived than many of us in the present ever realized. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: Joann Fletcher - Chronicle of a Pharaoh Various, Edited by David O’Connor and Eric Cline - Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign Arielle Kozloff - Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh Egypt Today Discover Egypt World Monuments Fund https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/4/mode/2up?view=theater https://egymonuments.gov.eg/subportals-group/the-egyptian-museum/the-egyptian-museum-our-story/tomb-of-yuya-and-thuya/ https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/6/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/118093/Amenhotep-III-achieved-unprecedented-equality-with-his-wife-Tiye-recent https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater https://discoveringegypt.com/ancient-egyptian-kings-queens/amenhotep-iii/ https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/39630/Discovery-of-a-part-of-Amenhotep-III-statue https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.wmf.org/project/luxor-temple https://egymonuments.gov.eg/monuments/luxor-temple/ https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/148/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/88/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.wmf.org/project/mortuary-temple-amenhotep-iii https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/64/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/pharaohs-amarna-letters-expose-politics-3300-years-ago https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/chronicleofphara00flet/page/136/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiipers0000unse/page/16/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amenhotepiiiegyp0000kozl/page/182/mode/2up?view=theater https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-22-amenhetep-iii https://nmec.gov.eg/mummies-hall/amenhotep-iii/