Thutmose I

Thutmose I

Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He received the throne after the death of the previous king, Amenhotep I. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the Levant and Nubia, pushing the borders of Egypt farther than ever before in each region. He also built many temples in Egypt, and a tomb for himself in the Valley of the Kings; he is the first king confirmed to have done this (though Amenhotep I may have preceded him). Thutmose I's reign is generally dated to 1506–1493 BC, but a minority of scholars—who think that astrological observations used to calculate the timeline of ancient Egyptian records, and thus the reign of Thutmose I, were taken from the city of Memphis rather than from Thebes—would date his reign to 1526–1513 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thutmose I has received more than 897,797 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Thutmose I is the 560th most popular politician (down from 511th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Egypt and the 16th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Thutmose I was the third pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt. He was the son of Thutmose I and a minor wife, Mutnofret. He was not the son of Queen Hatshepsut, who was the daughter of Thutmose I. Thutmose I was famous for his campaigns to conquer Syria and Nubia, and for establishing trade relations with the Land of Punt.