Thutmose III: The Sixth Pharaoh

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Have you ever wondered who Thutmose III was? Thutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first 22 years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. Thutmose the Third was born to a wealthy family in 1482, BC. He became pharaoh when he was seven years old after his father died but his aunt Queen hatshepsut was still Pharaoh and queen of Egypt. Thutmose then had children his four sons named Amenhotep II, Amenemhat, Menkheperre, and his last son Siamun. He then had his daughters Beketmun, Nebetiunet, Mertanen and his last daugher, Iset. After Queen Hatshepsut died Thutmose became pharaoh of the kingdom. He was the sixth Pharaoh of the eighteenth

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