Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

dynasty of Egypt between 1550 BCE and 1295 BCE, notably comprising Akenaten and Hatshepsut

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16th century BC

1567 BCE1567 BC—Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of Seventeenth Dynasty, start of Eighteenth Dynasty.source
1550 BCEc. 1550 BC—Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt starts (other date is 1552 BC).source
1545 BCE1545 BC—Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, dies, according to the High Chronology.source
1539 BCE1539 BC—End of Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt, start of the Eighteenth Dynasty.source
1506 BCEc. 1506 BC — Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) starts to rule. Alternatively, a date of c. 1504 BC is a possibility.source

15th century BC

1500 BCEc. 1500 BC: Queen Hatsheput in Egypt (18th Dynasty).source
1493 BCE1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt) died.source
1448 BCEc. 1448 BC: The Gnbtyw people (Genebtyw or Genebtyu) first appear in Ganibatum during the 32nd year of the reign of Thutmose III, the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egyptsource

14th century BC

1400 BCEc. 1400 BC – 1350 BC – Garden of Nebamum (Pond in a Garden) wall painting from the tomb of Nebamum, Thebes. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now kept in The British Museum, London.source
1352 BCEc. 1352 BC – Amenhotep III (Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt) dies and is succeeded as Pharaoh by Amenhotep IV.source

13th century BC

1292 BCE1292 BC—Coronation of Pharaoh Ramesses I of Egypt marks the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty and start of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.source

20th century

19224 November – Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt: English archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, in the Valley of the Kings. On 26 November, Carter and his sponsor Lord Carnarvon become the first people to see inside the tomb in over 3,000 years.source
192316 February – Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun: English archaeologist Howard Carter formally unseals the burial chamber within the tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.source

21st century

2025February 18 – Egypt announces the discovery of Thutmose II's tomb by a joint British-Egyptian team, the first royal tomb to be discovered since Tutankhamun's in 1922. It is the 15th and final pharaoh tomb from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt to have been found by archeologists.source