Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

The Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt is perhaps the best known of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. As well as boasting a number of Egypt's most famous pharaohs, it included Tutankhamun, the finding of whose tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 was a sensational archaeological discovery despite its having been twice disturbed by tomb robbers. The dynasty is sometimes known as the Thutmosid Dynasty because of the four pharaohs named Thutmosis . As well as Tutankhamen, famous pharaohs of Dynasty XVIII include Hatshepsut , longest-reigning queen-pharaoh of an indigenous dynasty, and Akhenaten ,... the "heretic pharaoh", with his queen, Nefertiti. Dynasty XVIII is often combined with Dynasties XIX and XX to form the New Kingdom period of ancient Egyptian history. Radiocarbon dating suggests that Dynasty XVIII may have started a few years earlier than the conventional date of 1550 BC. The radiocarbon date range for its beginning is 1570-1544 BC, the mean point of which is 1557 BC. The pharaohs of Dynasty XVIII ruled for approximately two hundred and fifty years (c.
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