Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

Ahmose I

Regnal Name: Nebpehtyre

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1550-1525 BC

Founder of Egypt's 18th Dynasty and the New Kingdom, Ahmose I completed the expulsion of the Hyksos and reunited Egypt, beginning a period of imperial expansion and prosperity.

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Amenhotep I

Regnal Name: Djeserkare

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1525-1504 BC

Amenhotep I consolidated the reunified kingdom established by his father, Ahmose I, and continued Egyptian activity in Nubia. His prosperous reign helped establish the political, religious, and artistic foundations of the early 18th Dynasty.

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Thutmose I

Regnal Name: Aakheperkare

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1504-1492 BC

Thutmose I greatly expanded Egyptian power, campaigning deep into Nubia and into the Near East. He was also an important builder at Karnak and helped establish the imperial ambitions that characterized much of the 18th Dynasty.

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Thutmose II

Regnal Name: Aakheperenre

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1492-1479 BC

Thutmose II was an early 18th-Dynasty pharaoh and the husband of Hatshepsut, who later ruled as pharaoh herself. His relatively short reign included military activity in Nubia and preceded the remarkable joint rule of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III.

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Hatshepsut

Regnal Name: Maatkare

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1479-1458 BC

One of ancient Egypt's most successful female pharaohs, Hatshepsut ruled during the 18th Dynasty and is especially remembered for trade, monumental building, and her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.

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Thutmose III

Regnal Name: Menkheperre

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1479-1425 BC

A major warrior pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, Thutmose III greatly expanded Egyptian power in the Levant and Nubia and made Egypt the dominant imperial power of its age.

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Amenhotep II

Regnal Name: Aakheperure

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1427-1401 BC

An 18th-Dynasty pharaoh and son of Thutmose III, Amenhotep II inherited a powerful empire and campaigned in the Levant. He is sometimes proposed in discussions of Exodus chronology, but no identification is established.

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Thutmose IV

Regnal Name: Menkheperure

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1401-1391 BC

Thutmose IV was an 18th-Dynasty pharaoh best known for the Dream Stele erected between the paws of the Great Sphinx at Giza. His comparatively short reign continued Egypt's diplomatic and military involvement with neighboring powers.

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Amenhotep III

Regnal Name: Nebmaatre

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1391-1353 BC

Amenhotep III ruled Egypt during one of the wealthiest and most culturally brilliant periods of the New Kingdom. His long reign emphasized diplomacy, monumental building, and royal magnificence rather than the extensive campaigning of some earlier 18th-Dynasty rulers.

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Akhenaten

Regnal Name: Neferkheperure-Waenre

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1353-1336 BC

Akhenaten radically redirected Egyptian royal religion toward the Aten and founded a new capital at Akhetaten. His religious revolution was largely reversed after his death.

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Smenkhkare

Regnal Name: Ankhkheperure

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1336-1334 BC

Smenkhkare was a short-lived and poorly understood ruler of the late Amarna Period. His precise identity, relationship to Akhenaten, and role in the royal succession remain subjects of considerable scholarly debate.

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Neferneferuaten

Regnal Name: Ankhkheperure

  New Kingdom   18th Dynasty c. 1334-1332 BC

Neferneferuaten was an enigmatic ruler of the late Amarna Period whose identity remains uncertain. The pharaoh may have been a female member of Akhenaten's royal family, with Nefertiti among the principal candidates proposed by scholars.

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