* Thutmose II of Egypt, Pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt ( c. 1493 BC – c. 1479 BC ).

Under Thutmose III ( 1479 – 1426 BC ) and Amenhotep II ( 1427 – 1400 BC ), the regular presence of the strong hand of the Egyptian ruler and his armies kept the Amorites and Canaanites sufficiently loyal.

Almost all scholars today view this as historical revisionism, or prolepsis, on Hatshepsut's part since it was Thutmose II — a son of Thutmose I by Mutnofret — who was her father's heir.

Thutmose II soon married Hatshepsut and the latter became both his senior royal wife and the most powerful woman at court.

The precise date of Hatshepsut's death — and the time when Thutmose III became the next pharaoh of Egypt — is considered to be Year 22, II Peret day 10 of her reign, as recorded on a single stela erected at Armant or January 16, 1458 BC.

Hatshepsut had begun construction of a tomb when she was the Great Royal Wife of Thutmose II, but the scale of this was not suitable for a pharaoh, so when she ascended the throne, preparation for another burial started.

It is possible that Amenhotep II, son to Thutmose III by a secondary wife, was the one motivating these actions in an attempt to assure his own uncertain right to succession.

Amenhotep II, the son of Thutmose III, who became a co-regent toward the end of his father's reign, is suspected by some as being the defacer during the end of the reign of a very old pharaoh.

Tyldesley fashions her concept as, that by eliminating the more obvious traces of Hatshepsut's monuments as pharaoh and reducing her status to that of his co-regent, Thutmose III could claim that the royal succession ran directly from Thutmose II to Thutmose III without any interference from his aunt.

Married to her half brother Thutmose II.

When Thutmose II died, the intended heir was his son Thutmose III, who was still a boy.

However, some time not long after the death of her husband ( Thutmose II ), Hatshepsut assumed the royal regalia and the title of pharaoh, reigning for 21 years.

Although the reigns of Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV saw considerable royal focus in Memphis, power remained for the most part in the south.

It dates from the 18th dynasty, most likely having been carved during the reign of either Amenhotep II or Thutmose IV.

During the reign of Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep II, Mitanni seems to have regained influence in the middle Orontes valley that had been conquered by Thutmose III.

The son of the future Thutmose IV ( the son of Amenhotep II ) and a minor wife Mutemwiya, Amenhotep was born around 1388 BC.

Settlement at Sakhnin dates back 3, 500 years to its first mention in 1479 BCE by Thutmose II, whose ancient Egyptian records mention it as a centre for production of indigo dye.

* 1490 BCE-Ancient Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut's husband, Thutmose II, has recently died.

* Thutmose II ( fl.

Thutmose I, Thutmose III and his son and coregent Amenhotep II fought battles from Megiddo north to the Orontes River, including the conflict with Kadesh.

Commenting on the fact that Egyptologists have no problem in reconstructing history using inference of this sort, whereas critics will sometimes not allow the same historical method to be applied to the Bible, Young writes, " Do those who reject the Menahem / Pekah rivalry as improbable also reject as improbable this reconstruction from Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty that Egyptologists use to explain the regnal dates of Thutmose III?

In the side chamber alongside Tiye were found, The Younger Lady, proved to be her daughter and the mother of Tutankhamun, and a young identified boy, sometimes thought to be Prince Thutmose.

Thutmose I ( sometimes read as Thothmes, Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, meaning Thoth-Born ) was the third Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

Ineni ( sometimes transliterated as Anena ) was an Ancient Egyptian architect and government official of the 18th Dynasty, responsible for major construction projects under the pharaohs Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II and the joint reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.

Thutmose IV ( sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV and meaning Thoth is Born ) was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC.

Representations of Thutmose III sometimes are accompanied by feminine pronouns and he is shown twice walking alongside Hatshepsut ’ s soul, her ka.

" The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Thutmose " ( also spelled Djhutmose and Thutmosis ), flourished 1350 BC, is thought to have been the official court sculptor of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter part of his reign.

Thutmose ( also rendered Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Djhutmose, etc.

Items found were stone vases bearing the names of Ahmose-Nefertari, Thutmosis I, and Hatshepsut, two quartzite sarcophagi inscribed for Thutmose I and Hatshepsut ( as pharaoh ), a canopic chest for Hatshepsut ( again as pharaoh ), the limestone blocks bearing funerary text ( see above ), and several fragments of the usual funerary furnishings.

In addition to the palaces described below, other sources indicate the existence of a palace founded in the city by Thutmose I, which was still operating under the reign of Tuthmosis IV.

Pharaoh, meaning " Great House ", originally referred to the king's palace, but during the reign of Thutmose III ( ca.

The full titulary of Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, providing a guide to pronunciation and its equivalent meaning, is as follows

For this, KV20, originally quarried for her father, Thutmose I, and probably the first royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, was extended with a new burial chamber.

Queen Ahmose, who held the title of Great Royal Wife of Thutmose, was probably the daughter of Ahmose I and the sister of Amenhotep I ; however, she was never called " king's daughter ," so there is some doubt about this, and some historians believe that she was Thutmose's own sister.

Previous to Thutmose, Karnak probably consisted only of a long road to a central platform, with a number of shrines for the solar bark along the side of the road.

Because of the young age of the mummy and the cause of death, it was determined that the mummy was probably not that of King Thutmose I himself .< ref >

c. late 15th century BC ), probably a son of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II ; High Priest of Re in Heliopolis during the reign of his brother, Thutmose IV

At the site of the later middle temple built by Romans during the Ptolemaic kingdom, blocks of an earlier structure by Senusret I and a gate of Thutmose III, with additions probably made by Osorkon II of the twenty-second dynasty, were found.

Later the burial of Thutmose I was moved again, into KV38, by his grandson Thutmose III while the burial of Hatshepsut probably remained in KV20, eventually suffering from robbery ( and official dismantling ).

If this interpretation is correct, the relief probably was carved under the auspicious of Thutmose III after the death of Hatshepsut.

Although contemporary records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC, during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identified as that of Thutmose III.

While it is clear that much of this rewriting of Hatshepsut's history occurred only during the close of Thutmose III's reign, it is not clear why it happened, other than the typical pattern of self-promotion that existed among the pharaohs and their administrators, or perhaps saving money by not building new monuments for the burial of Thutmose III and instead, using the grand structures built by Hatshepsut.

In fact, we have no evidence to support the assumption that Thutmose hated or resented Hatshepsut during her lifetime.

AMORC traces its origin to mystery schools established in Egypt during the joint reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, about 1500 BCE.

The London " needle " is one such example, as it was originally made during the reign of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Thutmose III but was falsely named " Cleopatra's needle ".

Thutmose I organized great building projects during his reign, including many temples and tombs, but his greatest projects were at the Temple of Karnak under the supervision of the architect Ineni.

Thutmose I was originally buried and then reburied in KV20 in a double burial with his daughter Hatshepsut rather than KV38 which could only have been built for Thutmose I during the reign of his grandson Thutmose III based on " a recent re-examination of the architecture and contents of KV38.

Unfortunately, however, Thutmose I's remains would be disturbed late during the 20th dynasty when KV38 was plundered ; the sarcophagus ' lid was broken and all this king's valuable precious jewellery and grave goods were stolen.

Some archaeologists believe that Hatshepsut was the real power behind the throne during Thutmose II ’ s rule because of the similar domestic and foreign policies which were later pursued under her reign and because of her claim that she was her father ’ s intended heir.

First, the Book of What is in the Underworld, an important funerary text used in the New Kingdom, is believed to have come into its final form during Amenhotep's reign, since it first appears in the tomb of Thutmose I.

An avid builder, Thutmose I commissioned many construction projects during his rule, including the first tomb carved out at the Valley of the Kings.

He died during the reign of Hatshepsut before Thutmose III assumed the throne in Hatshepsut's 22nd regnal year.

Some Egyptologists place Senenmut's entry into royal service during the reign of Thutmose I, but it is far more likely that it occurred during either the reign of Thutmose II or while Hatshepsut was still regent and not pharaoh.

They were both heavily vandalized during the reign of Thutmose III, perhaps during the latter's campaign to eradicate all trace of Hatshepsut's memory.