Tag: Eighteenth Dynasty
A brief history of Ancient Egypt: the New Kingdom (part 2)
A brief history of Ancient Egypt: the New Kingdom (part 1)
The history of the New Kingdom of Egypt starts with the first pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Ahmose I (ca. 1549-1524 BCE). During his reign and that of his son Amenhotep I (ca. 1525-1506 BCE) a process of standardisation was launched for the recently reunited country. Legislation, administration, the calendar…