Thutmose III

Thutmose III

Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC, from the age of two and until his death at age 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 shown 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 1,910,254 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Thutmose III is the 177th most popular politician (up from 215th in 2019).

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