Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

The Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVIII, alternatively 18th Dynasty or Dynasty 18) is classified as the first dynasty of the <a href="/facts/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt/8cpKbCI0">New Kingdom of Egypt</a>, the era in which <a href="/facts/Ancient_Egypt/BDsEGK4g">ancient Egypt</a> achieved the peak of its power. The Eighteenth Dynasty spanned the period from 1550/1549 to 1292 BC. This dynasty is also known as the Thutmoside Dynasty: 156  for the four pharaohs named <a href="/facts/Thutmose/FSC3p3P0">Thutmose</a>.
Several of Egypt's most famous <a href="/facts/Pharaoh/y0WMWYHK">pharaohs</a> were from the Eighteenth Dynasty, including <a href="/facts/Tutankhamun/lD17fY2r">Tutankhamun</a>. Other famous pharaohs of the dynasty include <a href="/facts/Hatshepsut/rNekT72F">Hatshepsut</a> (c. 1479 BC–1458 BC), the longest-reigning woman pharaoh of an indigenous dynasty, and <a href="/facts/Akhenaten/huu7JVtN">Akhenaten</a> (c. 1353–1336 BC), the "heretic pharaoh", with his <a href="/facts/Great_Royal_Wife/2b7KypVE">Great Royal Wife</a>, <a href="/facts/Nefertiti/fgAWVJXY">Nefertiti</a>.
The Eighteenth Dynasty is unique among Egyptian dynasties in that it had two <a href="/facts/Queen_regnant/LKL3KQdf">queens regnant</a>, women who ruled as sole pharaoh: Hatshepsut and <a href="/facts/Neferneferuaten/l89aA4nQ">Neferneferuaten</a>, usually identified as Nefertiti.

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Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt