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Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, [3] (1481-1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.A brilliant military commander who created the ancient world's first navy, he conducted campaigns that brought ancient Egypt's empire to its zenith.
During Thutmose III's first campaign in the Levant, his personal scribe, Tjaneni, kept a daily journal on parchment. In approximately his 42nd regnal year, many years after his campaigns in the Levant had ended, Thutmose III instructed his artisans to inscribe his military exploits into the walls of Amun-Re's temple at Karnak. The annals ...
The remainder of Thutmose III's campaign inscriptions contain only brief information and one can clearly see a difference in their descriptive styles. While the Megiddo campaign focuses heavily on details, the other campaign inscriptions seem to focus on the prizes of war. [4] As the years of Thutmose III's reign pass, the inscriptions on the ...
After the end of the Hyksos period of foreign rule, the Eighteenth Dynasty engaged in a vigorous phase of expansionism, conquering vast areas of the Near-East, with especially Pharaoh Thutmose III submitting the "Shasu" Bedouins of northern Canaan, and the land of Retjenu, as far as Syria and Mittani in numerous military campaigns circa 1450 BC.
Thutmose III is known to have campaigned widely, conquering the "Shasu" Bedouins of northern Canaan, and the land of Retjenu, as far as Syria and Mittani in numerous military campaigns circa 1450 BC. [ 221 ] [ 222 ] However, Felix Höflmayer argues that there is little evidence of other campaigns and that "there is no evidence that would ...
Thutmose III ruled ancient Egypt from 1479 B.C. until his death in 1425 B.C., according to Britannica. During his reign, he led 17 military campaigns to expand Egypt’s eastern and southern ...
This was based on its proximity to Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb and the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives, explained Mohammad Ismail Khaled, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities ...
The biographical inscription reports how Amenemhab went with king Thutmose III on his Syrian campaign to conquer those regions. While the king was hunting there, an elephant attacked Thutmose III and Amenemhab proudly reports how he killed the elephant and saved the king's life. [ 4 ]