 This honour is quite rare and indicates that Amenhotep was highly respected by the time of his death, despite the fact that he was a commoner and had only entered civil service at an advanced age, in his late forties.Excavated in 1934 or 1935, it measures 45 × 110 metres and is surrounded by three shrines.His first courtyard contained a 25 x 26 m water basin of considerable depth, fed by groundwater from the Nile.