Thutmose III

Thutmose III (also written as Tuthmosis III; called Manahpi(r)ya in the Amarna letters) (d. 1426 BC), was Pharaoh of Egypt in the Eighteenth Dynasty. He ruled from 1479 BC to 1425 BC, according to the Middle Chronology of Ancient Egypt.

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Amarna letters - 1426 BC - Pharaoh - Egypt - Eighteenth Dynasty - 1479 BC - 1425 BC - Middle Chronology - Ancient Egypt

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Thutmose III was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Isis, a minor wife. When Thutmose II died in 1479 BC, Thutmose III became ruler. However, he shared power from the beginning of his reign with Hatshepsut, his father's wife, who acted as regent and eventually as the dominant co-ruler. For approximately 22 years Thutmose III had little power over the empire. He married Hatshepsut's youngest daughter, Meritre, with whom he had a son named Amenhotep II. With the death of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III ruled by himself until his death in 1427 BC or 1426 BC (some sources list his death ranging from 1430 BC to 1425 BC).

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Thutmose II - 1479 BC - Hatshepsut - Regent - Amenhotep II - 1427 BC - 1430 BC - 1425 BC

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Upon his accession to the throne, Thutmose took the praenomen Menkeperre, which is represented in the Amarna letters as Manahpi(r)ya. His praenomen and nomen in Egyptian hieroglyphs can be seen to the right. These are technically transliterated as mn-ḫpr-r‘ dḥwty-ms, which is usually realised to Menkheperre Djehutymes, meaning "Establisher of the form of Ra, Thoth bore him". Due to the influence of Greek transcriptions, Djehutymes is rendered as Thutmose, Thutmoses, or Thutmosis.

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Amarna letters - Egyptian hieroglyph - Ra - Thoth - Greek

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