Thutmose III facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Thutmose III |
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| Tuthmosis III, "Manahpi(r)ya" in the Amarna letters | |
Thutmosis III statue in Luxor Museum
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| Pharaoh | |
| Reign | 1479–1425 BC (Eighteenth Dynasty) |
| Predecessor | Hatshepsut (aunt & step-mother) |
| Successor | Amenhotep II (Son) |
| Consort | Satiah, Hatshepsut-Meryetre, Nebtu, Menwi, Merti, Menhet, Nebsemi |
| Children | Amenemhat, Amenhotep II, Beketamun, Iset, Menkheperre, Meryetamun, Meryetamun, Nebetiunet, Nefertiri, Siamun |
| Father | Thutmose II |
| Mother | Iset Hatshepsut (stepmother) |
| Born | 1481 BC |
| Died | 1425 BC (aged 56) |
| Burial | KV34 |
| Monuments | Cleopatra's Needle |
Thutmose III (Thutmose means "Thoth is born") was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years. His reign is usually dated from 24 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC, from the age of two and until his death at age fifty-six.
However, during the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named as the pharaoh. During the final two years of his reign, he appointed his son and successor, Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent. His firstborn son and heir to the throne, Amenemhat, died before Thutmose III.
As the sole ruler of the kingdom after the deaths of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, he created the largest empire Egypt ever had. 17 campaigns were conducted. He conquered lands from the Niya Kingdom in northern Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia.
When Thutmose III died, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings. The rest of the kings from this period in Egypt were also buried there.
Images for kids
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Obelisk of Thutmosis III, at the base showing Theodosius I (Roman Emperor, 379–395). The obelisk stands among the ruins of the hippodrome of the former capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey. In 390, Theodosius had the obelisk cut into three pieces and brought to Constantinople. Only the top part survives, and it stands today where he placed it, on a marble pedestal.
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A fragment of a wall block. The hieroglyphs Son of Ra were inscribed over the cartouche of the birth-name of Thutmos III. 18th Dynasty. From Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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Amada - Temple founded by Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II of the XVIIIth dynasty
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Thutmose III smiting his enemies. Relief on the seventh pylon in Karnak.
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Annals of Thutmose III at Karnak depicting him standing before the offerings made to him after his foreign campaigns.
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Thutmose's tekhen waty, today standing in Rome as the Lateran obelisk. The move from Egypt to Rome was initiated by Constantine the Great (Roman Emperor, 324–337) in 326, though he died before it could be shipped out of Alexandria. His son, the Emperor Constantius II completed the transfer in 357. An account of the shipment was written by contemporary historian Ammianus Marcellinus.
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Sculpture of Thutmose III, with the god Montu-Ra and goddess Hathor, 18th Dynasty, from temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, housed in the British Museum
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A crown from Menhet, Menwi and Merti's tomb.
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Depiction of Tuthmoses III at Karnak holding a Hedj Club and a Sekhem Scepter standing before two obelisks he had erected there.
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A scene from the Amduat on the walls of the tomb of Thutmose III, KV34, in the Valley of the Kings.
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Mummified head of Thutmose III.
