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The era of Egypt` s 18th dynasty was one
of power and wealth for Egypt. Hatshepsut was a pharaoh woman, a
rare thing meet in the history of the ancient Egypt. She was a
competent and brave ruler who extended the Egyptian trading to
the South, the territory where Somalia is today, and in the
North the Mediterranean Sea. Hatshepsut was the Egypt` s pharaoh
for twenty years proving a unusual political dexterity. During
the reign of the Amenophis III that lasted from 1417 BC to 1379
BC, Egypt became so wealthy that it was not necessary the trying
of expanding its influence. He was follow at throne by Amenophis
IV, who changed his name in Akhenaten; he was the one to move
the capital of Egypt in a new town called by him Akhetaten. The
pharaoh Akhenaten created and imposed a monotheist religion,
based on Aten, forbidding the veneration of other gods. The
relation between the introduction of the monotheism by Akhenaten
and the Bible` s character Moise, which is localized in Egypt in
a similar but not necessary identical, is not clear and still
controversial. The eighteenth dynasty` s tomb varies in
decorations, style and localization. From this period we have
the tomb of Hatshepsut, KV 20, which has a unique shape, the
corridor of access having 200 meters, the mortuary chamber being
at 97 meters underground, the tomb of Tutmes III, KV 34 and the
tomb of Tutmes IV, KV 43. The most impressive tomb of all being
the one of Amenhotep III, WV 22, situated in the West Valley. In
the period of the 18th dynasty, the important nobles begin to be
buried with the royal family, the most known common tomb being
the one of Yuya and Tjuyu, KV 46. |
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