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New Kingdom · 18th Dynasty
Thutmose IV
- Reign
- 1400–1390 (1397–1388) BC
- Throne name
- Men-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
Thutmose IV is listed in the king list under ‘18th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC). Reign: 1400–1390 (1397–1388) BC. The figures in brackets give the alternative dating by the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath. The throne name is Men-kheperu-Re.
What is known about Thutmose IV
He freed the Great Sphinx of Giza from the desert sand and erected the famous Sphinx Stela.
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. 1470 BCHatshepsut reigns as pharaoh: terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari and trading expedition to Punt.
- 1457 BCThutmose III is victorious at Megiddo; Egypt controls large parts of the Levant.
- 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.
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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