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Smenkhkare
- Reign
- 1335–1332 (1337–1333) BC
- Throne name
- Ankh-kheperu-Re
- Dynasty
- 18th Dynasty
- Period
- New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BC
- Capital at the time
- Thebes, Memphis, at times Akhetaten (Amarna) and Pi-Ramesses
Smenkhkare is listed in the king list under ‘18th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC). Reign: 1335–1332 (1337–1333) BC. The figures in brackets give the alternative dating by the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath. The throne name is Ankh-kheperu-Re.
What is known about Smenkhkare
A king about whom almost nothing is known. He may merely have been a co-regent of Akhenaten.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: New Kingdom
Egypt becomes a great power with a sphere of influence stretching from Sudan to Syria. The vast temples of Karnak and Luxor and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings date from this period.
- c. 1350 BCAkhenaten places the sun god Aten at the centre of worship and builds the new capital Akhetaten (Amarna).
- c. 1323 BCDeath of Tutankhamun. His almost intact tomb, KV62, is discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
- 1274 BCBattle of Kadesh between Ramesses II and the Hittites.
- 1259 BCEgyptian–Hittite peace treaty, the oldest surviving peace treaty in the world.
More about this period: New Kingdom
18th Dynasty: all rulers
- Ahmose I
- Amenhotep I
- Thutmose I
- Thutmose II
- Hatshepsut
- Thutmose III
- Amenhotep II
- Thutmose IV
- Amenhotep III
- Akhenaten
- Neferneferuaten
- Smenkhkare
- Tutankhamun
- Ay II
- Horemheb (Haremhab)
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