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thutmosis iii statue in luxor museum thutmose ii 18th & nbsp ; dynasty tuthmosis '' in the amarna letters iii , `` manahpi -lrb- r -rrb- ya 1425 bce amenemhat menkheperre , meryetamun , meryetamun , nebetiunet , nefertiry , , siamun amenhotep ii , beketamun , iset , iset hatshepsut -lrb- stepmother -rrb- -- > kv34 cleopatra 's needles '' merti , menhet , nebsemi sekhempahtydsejerkhaw '' hatshepsut-meryetre , nebtu , menwi , 1481 bce tuthmosisiii-2 . jpg thutmose iii
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thutmose iii

thutmose iii -lrb- sometimes read as thutmosis or tuthmosis iii , thothmes in older history works , and meaning `` thoth is born '' -rrb- was the sixth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty .
during the first twenty-two years of thutmose 's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt , hatshepsut , who was named the pharaoh .
while he was shown first on surviving monuments , both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other .
he served as the head of her armies .
after her death and his later rise to pharaoh of the kingdom , he created the largest empire egypt had ever seen ; no fewer than seventeen campaigns were conducted , and he conquered from niya in north syria to the fourth cataract of the nile in nubia .
officially , thutmose iii ruled egypt for almost fifty-four years , and his reign is usually dated from april 24 , 1479 bc to march 11 , 1425 bc ; however , this includes the twenty-two years he was co-regent to hatshepsut .
during the final two years of his reign , he appointed his son and successor , amenhotep ii , as his junior co-regent .
his firstborn son and heir to the throne , amenemhat , predeceased thutmose iii .
when thutmose iii died , he was buried in the valley of the kings as were the rest of the kings from this period in egypt .
