Ruler
Thutmose III
Warrior king of the Eighteenth Dynasty
c. 1479 – 1425 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
He came to the throne as a child and ruled alone after Hatshepsut’s death. He led seventeen campaigns in the Levant, the most famous being the battle of Megiddo in his 23rd year; his annals were carved on the walls of Karnak.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Thutmose III’s annals at Karnak record the battle and siege of Megiddo in his 23rd year.
- Miriam Lichtheim (1976) “Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume II: The New Kingdom” University of California Press, Berkeley