Thutmose biography
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Thutmose I
Thutmose I | |
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A stone head, most likely depicting Thutmose I, at the British Museum | |
Reign | BC (disputed) (18thDynasty) |
Predecessor | Amenhotep I |
Successor | Thutmose II |
Consort | Ahmose, Mutnofret |
Children | Thutmose II, Hatshepsut, Amenmose, Wadjmose, Nefrubity |
Father | Unknown (believed to be Amenhotep I) |
Mother | Senseneb |
Died | BC |
Burial | KV38, later KV20 |
Monuments | Pylons IV and V, two obelisks, and a hypostyle hall at Karnak |
Thutmose I (also known as Thothmes,Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, meaning Thoth-Born) was the third Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
He became pharaoh after the death of Amenhotep I. During his reign, he sent his armies into the Levant and Nubia, pushing the borders of Egypt further than ever before.
Thutmose biography
He built many temples in Egypt and a tomb for himself in the Valley of the Kings. He is the first king known to have done this, though Amenhotep I may have done it first. He was succeede