Amenhotep, son of Hapu

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Amenhotep, son of Hapu, was an architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III.

He is said to have been born at the end of Thutmose III's reign, in the town of Athribis (modern Banha in the north of Cairo). His father was Hapu, and his mother Ipu. He was a priest and a Scribe of Recruits (organizing the labour and supplying the manpower for the Pharaoh's projects, both civilian and military). He was also an architect and supervised several building projects, among them Amenhotep III's mortuary temple at western Thebes, of which only two statues remain nowadays, known as the Colossus of Memnon.

His death may have occurred in the year 31 of Amenhotep's reign (according to some reliefs in the tomb of Ramose). After his death, his reputation grew and he was revered for his teachings and as a philosopher. He was also revered as a healer and eventually worshipped as a god of healing, like his predecessor Imhotep.

There are several statues of him as a scribe, portraying him as a young man and as an older man.

Some authors link Amenhotep, son of Hapu with the legendary seer Tiresias, of the story of Oedipus.