Thutmose III Menkheperre, Warrior King of Egypt 1479-1425 BC

[@annmariejahn5115]

Your lectures are terrific. You make the stories come to life - we get a strong sense of the people and the dynamics. Thank you.

[@peterkarargiris4110]

Yet another pharaoh that should today be better known. With all our vastly enhanced ability to gather facts and images, let's hope Thutmose III may one day become at least as well known as his more famous aunt. To my mind, one of his most remarkable traits is his seeming interest in botany and natural history for its own sake. The two rooms in his jubilee hall at Karnak that contain depictions of the plants and animals of Canaan are unique for the era as far as I know. The specimens were collected during his third campaign (Year 25 according to Wiki.) Could this curiosity about foreign lands have been inspired by Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt ? I guess we had to wait for Herodotus and Thucydides before we had anything like the objective and factual recording of history. An excellent video once again Guy.

[@oz2776]

Keep em coming Guy. Egyptology poorer for not having you

[@kamielmoodley3689]

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[@micheleheddane3804]

Excellent. I think one of your best

[@eloycolombo7125]

Thank you so much!

[@danthefrst]

Great lecture! Great thanks.

[@jargamboge4796]

Correction Menkheperre not menkheperure = thutmose IV . Great videos ! Hope you do Amenhotep ii and thutmose IV !

[@ClassCiv]

Thank you. Indeed. Slip of the tongue while talking for an hour. The spelling is correct in the book text!

[@ClassCiv]

I am planning a talk on Amenhotep II next. He is one of the most interesting individuals but largely unknown today. There are some great vignettes of his personality in the record.

[@jargamboge4796]

@@ClassCiv looking forward to it !

[@CAP198462]

Oh great I’m confused is Iset the same as Set/Seth/Sutekh/ Sekhmet the trickster spirit?

[@peterkarargiris4110]

No. 'Iset' is what the ancient Egyptians called the goddess we now call Isis.

[@CAP198462]

@@peterkarargiris4110 so, that not an additional form that Set/Sutekh… takes or form of its name? Thank you.

[@peterkarargiris4110]

@@CAP198462 That's right. We have become used to calling Iset 'Isis' because that's what the Greeks called her before the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Sekhmet is a different goddess and Set (Seth, Sutekh) was a god.

[@CAP198462]

@@peterkarargiris4110 they’re different?!!?!! 😮 So what was Set the god of? and who is sekhmet?