Thutmosis III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Size:XL: 120 x 80cm frontispiece to Vol 2 by

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Thutmosis III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Size:XL: 120 x 80cm frontispiece to Vol 2 byThutmosis III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, 15th century BC (1926). The sixth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, Thutmosis (Thutmose) III ruled Egypt from 1479 1426 BC, initially with his aunt, Hatshepsut, as regent and then co ruler. A print from Kings and Queens of Ancient Egypt, portraits by Winifred Brunton, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1926.