76: 54 Years of Splendour

Thutmose III (Part 10): The End of a Mighty Reign.

From 1450 to 1441, Thutmose lived out the last nine years of his reign. He commanded one last expedition; oversaw building projects, and brought his tomb to completion. Finally, he had to prepare for the succession, and his own inevitable death...

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Correction: at 48:10, I refer to the date of Amunhotep II's co-regency as 1441. This should be 1444 BCE.

Select Bibliography: Articles

Anson F. Rainey, “Amenhotep II’s Campaign to Takshy,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (1973) JSTOR.

Donald B. Redford, “The Coregency of Thutmosis III and Amenophis III,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (1965) JSTOR.

George A. Reisner, “The Viceroys of Nubia,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (1920) JSTOR.

Barbara A. Richter, “The Amduat and Its Relationship to the Architecture of Early 18th Dynasty Royal Burial Chambers,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (2008) JSTOR.

Books

Eric Cline & David O’Connor (eds.), Thutmose III: A New Biography, 2006.

Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, 1999.

Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1987.

H.S. Smith & W. B. Emery, The Fortress of Buhen, 1971-1979.

Richard H. Wilkinson & Kent R. Weeks (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings, 2016.

Richard H. Wilkinson & Nicholas Reeves, The Complete Valley of the Kings, 2008.

Websites

University College London – website

SLU – website

Bernard M. Adams “My Luxor” – website

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