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Thutmose III, meaning “Thoth is Born”, was
a pharaoh from the 18th Dynasty. His reign lasted from 1479 till
1425 BC and he is considered as on of the greatest pharaohs of
Egypt. After the death of his father, Thutmose III took the
throne but he couldn’t` t rule being too young, so the reign was
taken by the wife of Thutmose III’s father – Hatshepsut. After
her death, the reign was taken by Thutmose III. He had seventeen
campaign conquering territories from Syria North (like Niy) and
from Nubia. Due to his military conquest Thutmose III was called
the Egypt’s Napoleon; he captured about 350 cities using the
warfare as a method of turning Egypt into a military force and
superpower. Facts that made him a great Egyptian pharaoh, his
victory in the battle of Megiddo represents one of his biggest
accomplishments. The pharaoh had an army made from ten thousands
men in chariots and on foot. Thutmose III was not only a
conqueror but also great builder; he built more than fifty
Egyptians temples and enlarged others. The pharaoh was also a
religious person, in his childhood being educated in the Theban
temple. In the temples that he built, he placed numerous statues
that show him giving gifts to the gods. More, during the reign
of Thutmose III in Egypt the artistic skills reached new levels
and the architecture reached some unique developments that
weren’t` t reached before or after his reign. After Thutmose III
died, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings; Deir El-Cache is
the place where his mummy was found in 1886, and a statement
according to which he reigned for 55 years was found in his
tomb. The pharaoh’s remains can be seen at the Cairo Museum.
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