The Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1292 BC) is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of
ancient Egypt. As well as a number of Egypt's most powerful
pharaohs, it included
Tutankhamun, whose tomb, uncovered by
Howard Carter in 1922, was one of the greatest of all archaeological discoveries, being completely undisturbed by tomb robbers. It is sometimes known as the Thutmosid Dynasty because all four of the
Thutmosis pharaohs ruled during this period.
Hatshepsut, and perhaps two others of a handful of native women known to be crowned king of Egypt, ruled during this dynasty, as did
Akhenaten (also known as
Amenophis IV), the "heretic Pharaoh" who with his wife,
Nefertiti, instituted what may be the first monotheistic state religion.
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