Thutmose I

Thutmose I
Thutmose I
Thutmosis, Tuthmosis, Thothmes in Latinized Greek
	A stone head, most likely depicting Thutmose I, at the British Museum
Pharaoh
Reign	12 yrs; 1506–1493 BC (low chronology); 1526 BC to 1513 BC (high chronology)
Predecessor	Amenhotep I
Successor	Thutmose II
Horus name
Horus name
	Kanakht Meryma'at; K3-nḫt-mrj-m3ˁt; Strong bull, beloved of Maat
Nebty name
	Kha·em·neseret Aa·pehty; Ḫˁ-m-nsrt-ˁ3-pḥtj; He who appears with the uraeus, great of strength
Golden Horus
	Nefer·renput S'ankh·ib·u; Nfr-rnpwt-s-ˁnḫ-jb.w; He whose years are perfect/beautiful, he who causes hearts to live
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Aa·kheperkare; ˁ3-ḫpr-k3-Rˁ; Great is the manifestation of the Ka of Ra;
Nomen
Consort	Ahmose; Mutnofret
Children	Thutmose II; Hatshepsut; Amenmose; Wadjmose; Nefrubity
Father	Unknown (possibly Amenhotep I or Ahmose Sapair)
Mother	Senseneb
Died	1493 BC
Burial	KV20, later KV38; Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Monuments	Pylons IV and V, two obelisks, and a hypostyle hall at Karnak
Dynasty	18th Dynasty

Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He received the throne after the death of the previous king, Amenhotep I. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the Levant and Nubia, pushing the borders of Egypt farther than ever before in each region. He also built many temples in Egypt, and a tomb for himself in the Valley of the Kings; he is the first king confirmed to have done this (though Amenhotep I may have preceded him).

Thutmose I's reign is generally dated to 1506–1493 BC, but a minority of scholars—who think that astrological observations used to calculate the timeline of ancient Egyptian records, and thus the reign of Thutmose I, were taken from the city of Memphis rather than from Thebes—would date his reign to 1526–1513 BC.^[2]^[3] He was succeeded by his son Thutmose II, who in turn was succeeded by Thutmose II's sister, Hatshepsut.

^ Clayton, Peter. Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames and Hudson Ltd, paperback 2006, p.100
^ Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988, p. 202.
^ Ancient Egyptian Chronology, chapter 10: "Egyptian Sirius/Sothic Dates and the Question of the Sirius–Based Lunar Calendar", Rolf Kraus, 2006, pp. 439–57.

[1] Clayton, Peter. Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames and Hudson Ltd, paperback 2006, p.100

[2] Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988, p. 202.

[3] Ancient Egyptian Chronology, chapter 10: "Egyptian Sirius/Sothic Dates and the Question of the Sirius–Based Lunar Calendar", Rolf Kraus, 2006, pp. 439–57.

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