59: Thutmose I, Lord of War

Terrible deeds... and great. In his first few years King Thutmose I led campaigns, managed his household, and commissioned his royal tomb. He launched a campaign into Nubia, pursuing conquest and booty. Unfortunately, his methods were rather horrific...

• Date c.1515 BCE
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Select Bibliography:

Anthony Spalinger, War in Ancient Egypt, 2006.

Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994.

Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2000.

W. Vivian Davies, “The Tomb of Ahmose son-of-Ibana at Elkab: Documenting the Family and Other Observations,” 2009. Read online.

Nederhof, M.-J. (2014). Ahmose Son of Abana, Autobiography of. https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/texts/corpus/pdf/urkIV-001.pdf

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