Eighteenth Dynasty - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 1320s Bc: Encyclopedia - 1320s Bc
Centuries: 15th century BC - 14th century BC - 13th century BC Decades: 1370s BC 1360s BC 1350s BC 1340s BC 1330s BC - 1320s BC - 1310s B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia - Hyksos
The Hyksos (Egyptian heka khasewet) were an ethnically mixed group of Southwest Asiatic or Semitic people who appeared in the eastern Nil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amarna: Encyclopedia - Amarna
Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna) is the name given to an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that represents the remains of the ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1530s Bc: Encyclopedia - 1530s Bc
Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC - 1530s BC - 1520s B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharaoh: Encyclopedia - Pharaoh
Pharaoh ( Arabic فرعون) is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh - Etymology. The term der...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Nineteenth Dynasty. The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties of ancient Egypt ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1560s Bc: Encyclopedia - 1560s Bc
Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC - 1560s BC - 1550s B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carchemish: Encyclopedia - Carchemish
Carchemish (pr. kArkemish or karkEmish; called Europus by the Romans) was an important ancient city of the Mitanni and Hittite empires, n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 16th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 16th Century Bc
16th century BC - Overview. 16th century BC - Events. 1700 – 1500 BC -- Hurrian conquests. 1600 BC* — Shang Dynasty of China est...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Old Kingdom
Egyptologists consider the Old Kingdom as beginning with the Third Dynasty, and around the time of the Fourth Dynasty, the art of embalmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thutmose Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Thutmose Iii - Thutmose's Military Campaigns
Widely considered a military genius by historians, he was an active expansionist ruler, sometimes referred to as the Napoleon of Egypt, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Archaic Period
The Archaic period includes the Early Dynastic Period, when Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were ruled as separate kingdoms, and the First an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thebes Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Thebes Egypt - Major Archaeological Sites In Thebes
Thebes Egypt - East Bank. Karnak Temple Luxor Temple Thebes Egypt - West Bank. Valley of the Kings Valley of the Queens Medinet Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - The Thebean Offensive
Hyksos - Under Sekenenra Tao II. The war against the Hyksos began in the closing years of the Seventeenth Dynasty at Thebes. Later New ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shipbuilding: Encyclopedia Ii - Shipbuilding - History
Archeological evidence indicates that humans arrived on New Guinea at least 60,000 years ago, probably by sea from Southeast Asia during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carchemish: Encyclopedia Ii - Carchemish - History
The site has been occupied since the Neolithic period, with pottery finds from ca. 3000 BC and tombs from ca. 2300 BC (Early Bronze Age)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amarna Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Amarna Art - Tombs
The decoration of tombs of non-Royals is quite different from previous eras, with not many agricultural scenes, and the image of the king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amarna: Encyclopedia Ii - Amarna - The City Of Akhetaten
The city was built as the new capital of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, dedicated to his new religion of worship to the Aten. Construction starte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pharaoh: Encyclopedia Ii - Pharaoh - Regalia And Titles
The king of Egypt wore a double crown, created from the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. It was adorned by a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineteenth Dynasty Of Egypt - Nineteenth Dynasty Timeline
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Encyclopedia - Fivefold Titulary: Encyclopedia Ii - Fivefold Titulary - Horus Name
This name was usually written in a Serekh, a representation of a palace façade. The name of the pharaoh was written in hieroglyphics ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle Kingdom Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle Kingdom Of Egypt - The Twelfth Dynasty
After the reigns of his successors (Mentuhotep III) and (Mentuhotep IV) of the Eleventh Dynasty ended, there was a smooth transition into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smenkhkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Smenkhkare - Identity
The identity of the Pharaoh whose praenomen is Ankhkheprure, who is usually known as Smenkhkare, is somewhat mysterious. Egyptologists do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Who Were The Hyksos?
The term "Hyksos" derives from the expression heka khasewet (Rulers of Foreign Lands), used in Egyptian texts like the Turin King List to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Middle Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom is the period from the end of the First Intermediate Period to be beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. In addi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Was There A Hyksos Invasion?
Manetho's account of the appearance of the Hyksos in Egypt calls it an armed invasion by a horde of foreign barbarians who met little res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smenkhkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Smenkhkare - Family
Smenkhkare's parentage is unknown - the leading theories are that he is a son of Akhenaten or of Amenhotep III. Unlike the majority of ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smenkhkare: Encyclopedia Ii - Smenkhkare - Tomb
In 1907, Arthur Weigall and Theodore Davis discovered a tomb known as "Tomb 55" in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb itself is a mystery,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Late Period
The Late Period runs from 732 BC to Egypt becoming a province of Rome in 30 BC, and includes periods of rule by Nubians, Persians, and Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thutmose Iii: Encyclopedia Ii - Thutmose Iii - Controversy About Relationship With Hatshepsut
After the death of her husband Thutmose II, Hatshepsut usurped the throne from Thutmose III and held it until her death. Although Thutmos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyksos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyksos - Extent And Nature Of Hyksos Rule
The Hyksos kingdom, then, was centered in the eastern Nile Delta and Middle Egypt and remained limited in size, never extending south int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Open Problems
There are several open problems concerning ancient Egyptian history. Conclusions on the origins of the Hyksos and their first leaders are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fivefold Titulary: Encyclopedia Ii - Fivefold Titulary - Nomen Son Of Ra
This was the name given to the crown prince at birth. It was represented by the image of a duck, which was a homonym for the son, adjacen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Chronology
Egyptian history is broken into several different periods according to the dynasty of the ruling pharaoh. The dating of events in Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Protodynastic Period
Along the Nile, in the 10th millennium BC, a grain-grinding culture using the earliest type of sickle blades had become replaced by anoth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Early Dynastic Period
The origins of the unified Egyptian state are unclear, and there are no contemporary sources, and later sources are unclear and contradic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fivefold Titulary: Encyclopedia Ii - Fivefold Titulary - Praenomen He Of The Sedge And The Bee
The pharaoh's throne name, the first of the two names written inside a cartouche, and usually accompanied by one of two phrases: either n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fivefold Titulary: Encyclopedia Ii - Fivefold Titulary - Horus Of Gold
Also known as the Golden Horus Name, this form of the pharaoh's name typically featured the image of a Horus falcon perched above or besi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carchemish: Encyclopedia Ii - Carchemish - The Site
Carchemish is now an extensive set of ruins, located on the West bank of Euphrates River, about 60 km southeast of Gaziantep, Turkey and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carchemish: Encyclopedia Ii - Carchemish - Rediscovery And Exploration
Carchemish has always been well-known to scholars because of its mentions in the Bible (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr. 35:20; Isa. 10:9) and in Egypti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fivefold Titulary: Encyclopedia Ii - Fivefold Titulary - Nebty Name He Of The Two Ladies
The nebty was associated with the goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt: Nekhbet, patron deity of Upper Egypt, represented by a vulture, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - First Intermediate Period
This era includes the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties and into the First Intermediate Period. The Old Kingdom became weakened by famine and wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Middle Kingdom
Around 2055 BCE, Mentuhotep II from Thebes ended this period of unrest and united the country again. He installed a new administration an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Second Intermediate Period
The Second Intermediate Period is a period of disarray between the end of the Middle Kingdom, and the start of the New Kingdom. It is bes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - New Kingdom
The New Kingdom is the period covering the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth dynasty of Egypt, from the 16th century BC to the 11th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - First Intermediate Period
The First Intermediate Period is the period between the end of the Old Kingdom and the advent of the Middle Kingdom. The Old Kingdom rapi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Old Kingdom
The Old Kingdom is period in the third millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilisational complexity and achie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - New Kingdom
The Eighteenth Dynasty marks the beginning of the New Kingdom. Various pharaohs extended the control of Egypt further than ever before, r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Third Intermediate Period
After the death of Rameses XI, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes, in the person of Piankh, assumed control of Upper Egypt, ruling from T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Egypt - Late Period
Memphis and the Delta region became the target of many attacks from the Assyrians, until Psammetichus managed to reunite Middle and Lower...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Pharaohs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pharaohs - Third Intermediate Period
The Third Intermediate Period marked the end of the New Kingdom after a suprise invasion from the Sea People. A number of dynasties of Li...   » Read the article