The Ramesside period of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt Horemheb was the first post-Amarna king to be considered legitimate in the 19th dynasty, which looked to him as the founder of an epoch. The reigns of the Amarna pharaohs were eventually to be subsumed into his own, leaving no official record of what posterity deemed to be an unorthodox and distasteful interlude. Having no son, he selected his general and vizier, Ramses, to succeed him. #Ramses #egypt #history #ancient_egypt #new_kingdom #pharaohs https://www.egypttales.com/2021/06/egypt-ramesside-period-19th-and-20th.html

King Akhenaton of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt The earliest monuments of Amenhotep IV, who in his fifth regnal year changed his name to Akhenaton (“One Useful to Aton”), are conventional in their iconography and style, but from the first, he gave the sun god a didactic title naming Aton, the solar disk #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #egypt #akhenaton #kingdom https://www.egypttales.com/2021/06/egypt-king-akhenaton-of-new-kingdom-in.html

King " Amenhotep III " of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt Thutmose IV’s son Amenhotep III (ruled 1390–53 BCE) acceded to the throne at about the age of 12. He soon wed Tiy, who became his queen. Earlier in the dynasty military men had served as royal tutors, but Tiy’s father was a commander of the chariotry, and through this link, the royal line became even more directly influenced by the military In his fifth year Amenhotep III claimed a victory over Cushite rebels, but the viceroy of Cush, the southern portion of Nubia, probably actually led the troops. #amenhotep #ancientegypt #ancienthistory #history #egypt https://www.egypttales.com/2021/05/egypt-king-amenhotep-iii-of-new-kingdom.html

Amenhotep II - Thutmose IV from the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt About two years before his death, Thutmose III appointed his 18-year-old son, Amenhotep II (ruled c. 1426–1400 BCE), as coregent. Just before his father’s death, Amenhotep II set out on a campaign to an area in Syria near Kadesh, whose city-states were now caught up in the power struggle between Egypt and Mitanni; Amenhotep II killed seven princes and shipped their bodies back to Egypt to be suspended from the ramparts of Thebes and Napata. #Amenhotep #Thutmose #ancientegypt #ancient #ancienthistory #archaeology https://www.egypttales.com/2021/05/egypt-amenhotep-ii-thutmose-iv-from-new.html

Although Ahmose (ruled c. 1539–14 BCE) had been preceded by Kamose, who was either his father or his brother, Egyptian tradition regarded Ahmose as the founder of a new dynasty because he was the native ruler who reunified Egypt. Continuing a recently inaugurated practice, he married his full sister Ahmose-Nefertari. The queen was given the title of God’s Wife of Amon https://www.egypttales.com/2021/05/egypt-king-ahmose-from-new-kingdom.html