18th Dynasty

Early History

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  King Ahmose expels the Hyksos, invades Nubia (reaching the Second Cataract of the river Nile), and even invades southern Kanaan, conquering Sharuhen
• King Ahmose builds the last pyramid (at Abydos); most kings will be buried in the Valley of Kings near Thebes
• King Amenhotep I campaigns in Nubia and reaches the Third Cataract
• King Thutmose I invades Nubia (Kush), reaches the land between the Nile's Fourth and Fifth Cataracts, and destroys the Kushite capital Kerma
• Queen Hatshepsut, first acting as regent for Thutmose III and later as ruler in her own right, sends a famous expedition to the land of Punt and builds a mortuary temple in Deir el-Bahri

Statuette of Amenhotep I	Drawing of Amenhotep I	Hatshepsut	Hatshepsut
Stele of Iahmy	Stele of Memy	Hatshepsut	Deir el-Bahari, Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

Splendor

• King Thutmose III invades Kanaan, captures Megiddo, and even reaches the Euphrates
• Large-scale building projects
• While presenting himself as a strong archer and warrior, king Amenhotep II opens diplomatic relations to Egypt's enemies (e.g., Mitanni)

Amenhotep II	Thutmose III	Amenhotep II	Amenhotep II
Thutmose IV	Thutmose III	Thutmose III	Deir el-Bahari, Thutmose III

The Amarna Age

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  King Amenhotep III initiates reforms, which culminate under his son Amenhotep IV = Akhenaten in the official cult of the sun disk Aten; the court resides in the new city Akhetaten (Amarna)
• King Tutankhamun leaves Akhetaten and moves the court to Memphis; he also abandons the official cult of Aten and returns to the traditional forms of worship
• After the death of Tutankhamun, there is much confusion
• General Horemheb seizes power; he is in 1295 BCE succeeded by Ramesses I, the first king of the Nineteenth Dynasty

There are 20 items in 18th Dynasty - d18amarna:

Alexandria, Serapeum, Sphinx of Horemheb	Thebes, Colossi of Memnon	Amenhotep III	Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III	Amenhotep III	Amenhotep III	Queen Tije
Queen Tije	Nefertiti and Akhenaten	Akhenaten	Horemheb

Eighteenth dynasty (1540-1295)

There are 20 items in 18th Dynasty - d18c:

Constantinople, Obelisk of Thutmose III, from the northeast	Elephantine, Temple of Chnum, Stele of Amenhotep II	Karnak, Obelisk	Egyptian measure of liquid capacity, with the cartouche of Thutmose III
Asian POW	Canopes of Nefer	Mummy mask	Vase with a painted horse
Statues of Sekhmet	Dish with the symbol of Nun, the primordial waters	Statuette of a dog	Spoon to make balm