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5 unusual facts about Thutmose III


Arab Armenians

Thutmose III of Egypt mentions the Ermenen people and says in their land "heaven rests upon its four pillars".

Name of Armenia

Another mention by pharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt in the 33rd year of his reign (1446 BC) as the people of Ermenen, and says in their land "heaven rests upon its four pillars".

Thutmose III

Cline, Eric H. and O'Connor, David, Thutmose III : A New Biography, University of Michigan Press, 2006.

He was interred along with those of other eighteenth and nineteenth dynasty leaders Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II, Ramesses I, Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses IX, as well as the twenty-first dynasty pharaohs Pinedjem I, Pinedjem II, and Siamun.

William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney

He also exhibited a Thutmose III brick circa 1330bc, excavated from the banks of the Nile.


Amenmesse

Amenmesse was also responsible for restoring a shrine dating from Thutmose III that stands before a temple at Tod.

Coregency

The Pharaoh also did this when he was elderly or unable to rule his country on his own (such as the case of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II or Amenemhat I and Senusret I).

Glasgow Chronology

Thus Hatshepsut, who visited the Divine Land, was equated with the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon in Jerusalem, whilst Thutmose III, who followed Hatshepsut, was equated with Shishaq, who plundered the Jerusalem temple after the death of Solomon.

Precinct of Mut

In addition there are a number of smaller buildings and shrines, as well as the temple of Nectanebo II, the bark station of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, and the Sanctuary of Amun-Kamutef, which is located just outside the enclosing wall.

Shinar

Sayce identified Shinar as cognate with the following names: Sangara/Sangar mentioned in the context of the Asiatic conquests of Thutmose III (15th century BCE); Sanhar/Sankhar of the Amarna letters (14th century BCE); the Greeks's Singara; and modern Sinjar, in Upper Mesopotamia, near the Khabur River.


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