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Historical dates associated with the 18th dynasty and the beginning of 19th dynasty


Keeping in mind how hard is to pin down specific dates from nearly 3,500 years ago, we have tried, utilizing the few reliable points of reference, customs of the time, and the opinions of Egyptologists, combined with the Illumination of the Holy Spirit, to have a reasonable date sequence starting from "The Heretic Pharaoh" - Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten through Ramesses II


Pharaoh Actual Dates Occupying the Throne Commentaries
Eighteenth Dynasty

Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten 1349 BC through 1333 BC +/- 16 years Wife: Nefertiti; Key Courtiers: Ay and Horemheb
Tutankhaten / Tutankhamun 1333 BC through 1323 BC +/- 10 years Son of Akhenaten; Wife: A half sister Ankhesenpaaten
Ay 1323 BC through 1319 BC +/- 4 years His reported period at times is reported to overlap that of Tutankhamun; however, that is not unusual.
Horemheb 1319 BC through 1306 BC +/-16 years He claims his reign lasted from 1333 BC because of his influence in previous Pharaos, namely Tutankhamun and Ay.
Nineteenth Dynasty

Ramses I 1306 BC through 1304 BC +/- 2 years A favorite and the vizier of Horemheb
Seti I 1303 BC through 1290 BC +/- 13 years Son of Ramses I
Ramses II 1290 BC through 1224 +/- 66 years


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Other versions of dates for 18th Dynasty:

Pharaoh
 Low Chronology
(Stern 1993:1530)
 High Chronology
(Stern  1993:1530)
Ahmosis or Ahmose
 1550-1525
 1570-1546
Amenophis I or Amenhotep I
 1525-1504
 1546-1526
Thutmosis I or Thutmose I
 1504-1492
 1525-1512
Thutmosis II or Thutmose II (died at about the age of 30 after a reign of some 14 years)
 1492-1479
 c. 1512-1504
Hatshepsut (both stepmother and aunt of Thutmose III)
 1479-1457
 1503-1482
Thutmosis III or Thutmose III
 1479-1425
 1504-1450
Amenophis II or Amenhotep II
 1427-1400
 1450-1425
Thutmosis IV or Thutmose IV
 1400-1390
 1425-1417
Amenophis III or Amenhotep III
 1390-1352
 1417-1379
Amenophis IV or Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten)
 1352-1336
 1379-1362
Smenkhkare   ??????
 1338-1336
 1336-1361
Tutankhamun
 1336-1327
 1361-1352
Aya
 1327-1323
 1352-1348
Haremhab
 1323-1295
 1348-1320



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