Period of ancient Egypt
New Kingdom Egypt
1550–1069 BCE
The New Kingdom (about 1550–1069 BCE) was Egypt's imperial age. It opened with the expulsion of the Hyksos and covers the 18th, 19th and 20th Dynasties, the period that produced Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II.
Egypt reached its greatest territorial extent, from the Euphrates to Nubia, and built vast temples at Karnak, Luxor, Abu Simbel and Medinet Habu. Kings were buried in the Valley of the Kings. After Ramesses III the empire declined and the state divided, opening the Third Intermediate Period.
Key themes
- Empire in Nubia and the Levant
- The Amarna period and its reversal
- Ramesside kings and the Hittite treaty
- Royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
- Decline under the late Ramessides
18th Dynasty of Egypt
1550–1295 BCE
The 18th Dynasty (about 1550–1295 BCE) is the founding dynasty of the New Kingdom and the most famous royal line in Egyptian history.
- Ahmose I (Nebpehtyre)
- Amenhotep I (Djeserkare)
- Thutmose I (Aakheperkare)
- Thutmose II (Aakheperenre)
- Hatshepsut (Maatkare)
- Thutmose III (Menkheperre)
- Amenhotep II (Aakheperure)
- Thutmose IV (Menkheperure)
- Amenhotep III (Nebmaatre)
- Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten
- Neferneferuaten / Smenkhkare
- Tutankhamun (Nebkheperure)
- Ay (Kheperkheperure)
- Horemheb (Djeserkheperure)
19th Dynasty of Egypt
1295–1186 BCE
The 19th Dynasty was founded by Ramesses I, a military man from a Delta family whom Horemheb had chosen as his successor.
20th Dynasty of Egypt
1186–1069 BCE
The 20th Dynasty is the last dynasty of the New Kingdom.
- Sethnakhte (Userkhaure)
- Ramesses III (Usermaatre Meryamun)
- Ramesses IV (Heqamaatre)
- Ramesses V (Usermaatre Sekheperenre)
- Ramesses VI (Nebmaatre Meryamun)
- Ramesses VII (Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun)
- Ramesses VIII (Usermaatre Akhenamun)
- Ramesses IX (Neferkare Setepenre)
- Ramesses X (Khepermaatre Setepenre)
- Ramesses XI (Menmaatre Setepenptah)