The '''Eighteenth DynastyԵգիպտոսի ofտասնութերորդ Egyptարքայատոհմ''' (notated '''Dynasty XVIII''', alternatively '''18th Dynasty''' or '''Dynasty 18''') is classified as the first dynasty of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt]], the era in which [[ancient Egypt]] 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 '''Thutmosid Dynasty''' for the four pharaohs named [[Thutmose]].▼
{{Short description|Dynasty of Egypt}}
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▲The '''Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt''' (notated '''Dynasty XVIII''', alternatively '''18th Dynasty''' or '''Dynasty 18''') is classified as the first dynasty of the [[New Kingdom of Egypt]], the era in which [[ancient Egypt]] 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 '''Thutmosid Dynasty''' for the four pharaohs named [[Thutmose]].
Several of Egypt's most famous [[pharaoh]]s were from the Eighteenth Dynasty, including [[Tutankhamun]], whose tomb was found by [[Howard Carter]] in 1922. Other famous pharaohs of the dynasty include [[Hatshepsut]] (c. 1479 BC–1458 BC), the longest-reigning woman pharaoh of an indigenous dynasty, and [[Akhenaten]] (c. 1353–1336 BC), the "heretic pharaoh", with his [[Great Royal Wife]], [[Nefertiti]].
