Thutmose III

Thutmose III

Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially he ruled Egypt from 28 April 1479 BC until 11 March 1425 BC, commencing with his coronation at the age of two and concluding with his death, aged fifty-six; however, during the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. While he was depicted as the first on surviving monuments, both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thutmose III has received more than 2,355,693 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Thutmose III is the 235th most popular politician (down from 175th in 2019).

Thutmose III was the second pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and he is most famous for expanding the Egyptian empire.