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

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)

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:

Scarab of Amenhotep III	Bowl with the names of Aton, Akhenaten, and Nefertiti	Tutankhamun	Amarna, Temple of Aton
Amarna, Akhenaten and Nefertiti	Amarna, Head of a princess	Amarna, Letter from King Abdi-Hepa of Jerusalem	Kom Medinet el-Gurob, Queen Tije

Eighteenth dynasty (1540-1295)

There are 20 items in 18th Dynasty - d18c:

Statue of Sekhmet	Stele of Hentnefert, with Thutmose III and Amenhotep II	Saqqara, Scarab of Djehuty	Saqqara, Relief of Merymery
Saqqara, Statue of Maya and Merit	Saqqara, Jewelry from the age of Thutmose III	Saqqara, Tomb of Horemheb, POWs	Thebes, El-Asasif, Battle relief of Amenhotep II