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HISTORY 26
Lecture Sixteen:
The Foundation ofImperial Egypt
(c. 1550 - 1352 BC)
Monuments of the New Kingdom
Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel (Nubia)
Monuments of the New Kingdom
Temple Complex at Karnak (Thebes)
Monuments of the New Kingdom
Temple of Sety I at Abydos
Monuments of the New Kingdom
Mortuary Temple of Rameses III (Medinet Habu)
Important Finds of the New Kingdom
Bust of Queen Nefertiti (Amarna)
Important Finds of the New Kingdom
Tomb of Tutankhamun (Valley of the Kings)
Important Finds of the New Kingdom
Private Tomb of General Horemheb (Saqqara)
Important Rulers of the New Kingdom
Queen Hatshepsut (1473 - 1458 BC)
Thutmose III (1479 - 1425 BC) Akhenaten/Amenhotep IV (1352 -
1336 BC) Rameses II (1279 - 1213 BC)
Per-ao, ‘Great House’ > Pharaoh
The New KingdomDynasty 18 (1550 - 1295 BC)
AhmoseAmenhotep IThutmose IThutmose IIQueen HatshepsutThutmose IIIAmenhotep IIThutmose IV
Amenhotep IIIAmenhotep IV/
AkhenatenNeferneferuatenTutankhamunAyHoremheb
Ahmose Nebpehtyra(1550 - 1525 BC)
Brother of Kamose (17th Dynasty)
Drove the Hyksos out of Egypt
Began a period of military expansion
Development of a professional army– Horse-drawn
chariots
Ahmose Nebpehtyra(1550 - 1525 BC)
Amenhotep I Djeserkara(1525 - 1504 BC)
Viceroy and Overseer of Southern Countries
Amenhotep I Djeserkara(1525 - 1504 BC)
Thutmose I Aakheperkara(1504 - 1492 BC)
Capital: Memphis The Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak
– Amun, ‘the hidden one’, a local god of Thebes
– Ra, the sun-god– Opet Festival; from Karnak to Luxor
Thutmose I Aakheperkara(1504 - 1492 BC)
The Valley of the Kings
Thutmose I Aakheperkara(1504 - 1492 BC)
Thutmose I Aakheperkara(1504 - 1492 BC)
Niy
Alalakh and Aleppo(Mitanni)
Hatshepsut Maatkara(1473 - 1458 BC)
Wife and half-sister of Thutmose II
Regent for Thutmose III
‘King’s daughter, king’s sister, god’s wife, great royal wife Hatshepsut
Queen Nefrura (her daughter)
Hatshepsut Maatkara(1473 - 1458 BC)
Expedition to Punt
Expedition to Punt
Djeser djeseru, ‘Holy of Holies’
(Deir el-Bahri)
Mentuhotep’s Mortuary Complex
(Deir el-Bahri)
