General Notes

Horus name: Kanakht Merymaat
Nebty name: Khamnesretnebetaapehti
Golden Falcon name: Neferrenputseankhibu
Prenomen: Aakheperkare
Nomen: Thutmose


Pharoah of Egypt (XVIII Dynasty)

Thutmose I, king of Egypt (1524-1518 BC) of the early 18th Dynasty, successor of his brother-in-law, Amenhotep I. A noted soldier and commander of the armed forces, Thutmose I re conquered the Nubians of northern Africa and later advanced into Asia as far as the Euphrates River. The remainder of his reign was devoted to various building projects. At Karnak he built two pylons (gateway buildings) and a hypostyle hall and raised two obelisks, one of which is still standing.
Source: "Thutmose I," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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The third king of the 18th Dynasty was a commoner by birth. He had married Ahmose, a sister of Amenhotep I, and was named king when the king died childless. Ahmose bore him two sons who were passed over for Thutmose II, who was born to Mutnofret. Thutmose built an extension to the temple of Amon at Karnak. He added pylons, courts and statues. He led a campaign into Nubia where he penetrated beyond the Third Cataract. He defeated the Nubian chief in a hand to hand combat and returned to Thebes with the body of the fallen chief hanging on the prow of his ship. His greatest campaigns were in the Delta. Warring against the Hyksos he subdued tribes and finally reached the Euphrates River. To commemorate his victory he built a hypostyle hall at Karnak, made entirely of cedar wood columns. His remains were found in the cache, with others, at Deir el Bahri. Thutmose brought Egypt a sense of stability and his military campaigns healed the wounds of Thebians.
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