Egypt - Pharaohs of the New Kingdom - 1534 - 1069 BCE

by Günther Eichhorn


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A lot of the information on this page is from The Ancient Egypt Site (AES below), the site Ancient Egypt (AE below), and from Wikipedia. These sites have a lot of information and consistent time lines, although they differ. All the hieroglyphic names are from the AE website, as are the times.

All pictures are © Günther Eichhorn.

Following is the list of Egyptian Pharaohs as well as I could determine it:

Name of Pharaoh Dates Birth Name Coronation Name Horus Name Name Comment
(from The Ancient Egypt Site and Ancient Egypt)

New Kingdom (AES Wiki )

1534 - 1069 BC

18th Dynasty (AES AE)

1534 - 1292 BC

Ahmose (Wiki)1534 - 1508 BCn/a
Amunhotep I (Amenophis) (Wiki)1508 - 1484 BCn/a
Thutmose I (Wiki)1484 - 1472 BC
Thutmose II (Wiki)1472 - 1466 BCn/a
Thutmose III (Wiki)1466 - 1412 BCn/a
Hatshepsut (Wiki)1466 - 1444 BCn/a
Third of the female Pharaohs
Amunhotep II (Wiki)1414 - 1388 BCn/a
Thutmose IV (Wiki)1388 - 1378 BCn/a
Amunhotep III (Wiki)1378 - 1339 BCn/a
Akhenaten (Amunhotep IV) (Wiki)1339 - 1322 BC


n/a
Semenekhkara (Wiki)1324 - 1321 BC
n/a
Tutankhamun (Wiki)1321 - 1311 BC

n/a
Ay II (Wiki)1311 - 1307 BCn/a
Horemheb (Wiki)1307 - 1292 BCn/a

19th Dynasty (AES AE)

1293 - 1188 BC

Ramesses I (Wiki)1293 - 1291 BC
n/a
Seti I (Wiki)1291 - 1279 BC
n/a
Ramesses II (Wiki)1279 - 1213 BC


Arguably the greatest of the Pharaohs, builder of Abu Simbel, second longest reigning Pharaoh, husband of Nefertari, possibly the Pharaoh of the Exodus of Moses
Merneptah (Wiki)1213 - 1202 BCn/a
Seti II (Wiki)1202 - 1195 BC
n/a
Amunmes (Wiki)1200 - 1196 BC
n/a
Siptah (Wiki)1195 - 1189 BC

n/a
Taweseret (Wiki)1195 - 1188 BCn/a
Fourth of the female Pharaohs

20th Dynasty (AES AE)

1188 - 1069 BC

Sethnakht (Wiki)1188 - 1186 BCn/a
Ramesses III (Wiki)1186 - 1154 BC


n/a
Ramesses IV (Wiki)1154 - 1147 BC
n/a
Ramesses V (Wiki)1147 - 1142 BCn/a
Ramesses VI (Wiki)1142 - 1134 BCn/a
Ramesses VII (Wiki)1134 - 1126 BCn/a
Ramesses VIII (Wiki)1126 - 1124 BCn/a
Ramesses IX (Wiki)1124 - 1105 BCn/a
Ramesses X (Wiki)1105 - 1101 BCn/a
Ramesses XI (Wiki)1101 - 1069 BCn/a
Second Intermediate Period List of Periods Third Intermediate Period

Pharaoh's Cartouches

birth name thutmose Birth Name of Thutmose I (779k) coron_thutmosisI Coronation Name of Thutmose I. His praenomen is usually given as Aakheperkare, but here Setepenre has been added. (584k) horus_thutmosisI Horus Name of Thutmose I (71k) ghorus_thutmosisI Golden Horus Name of Thutmose I (59k) nebty_thutmosisI Nebty Name of Thutmose I (68k)
menkheperkare used thutmose Menkheperkare (used by Thutmose III when he was a child). (573k) thutmoseIII Birth Name (right) and Horus Name (left) of Thutmose III. (551k) birth name upper Birth Name (upper row left) and Coronation Name (upper row right) of Hatshepsut (790k) birth name queen Birth Name of Queen Hatshepsut (772k) coronation name amunhotep Coronation Name of Amunhotep II (472k)
coronation name amunhotep Coronation Name of Amunhotep II (555k) coronation name thutmose Coronation Name of Thutmose IV (Menkheperure) (545k) coronation name amunhotep Coronation Name of Amunhotep III (555k) coronation name amunhotep Coronation Name of Amunhotep III (486k) coronation name left Coronation Name (left) and Birth Name (right) of Amunhotep III (468k)
amunhotepIII Coronation Name (left) and Birth Name (right) of Amunhotep III (70k) birth name amunhotep Birth Name of Amunhotep III (center, others unknown) (431k) close-up coronation name Close-up of Coronation Name of Amunhotep III (394k) close-up birth name Close-up of Birth Name of Amunhotep III (410k) amunhotep still read Amunhotep can still be read, but the earlier Amun of Meryamun has been erased and replaced by the sun-disk, which can be read as Aten. Perhaps Akhenaten was "fixing" the name of his father, Amunhotep III, so that it was less obnoxious to him. (476k)
birth name coronation Birth Name and Coronation Name of Horemheb (637k) horemheb Birth Name of Horemheb (Djeserkheperure-Setepenre) (47k) seti Seti I (405k) birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses II (800k) birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses II (533k)
birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses II (819k) ramsesII_a Variant of the Birth Name of Ramesses II (29k) birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses II. The reed that makes the su sound is tucked inside the folded cloth that makes the s sound. (493k) coronation name ramesses Coronation Name of Ramesses II (721k) coronation name ramesses Coronation Name of Ramesses II (642k)
coronation name ramesses Coronation Name of Ramesses II (501k) birth name left Birth Name (left) and Coronation Name (right) of Ramesses II (698k) birth name right Birth Name (right) and Coronation Name (left) of Ramesses II (537k) ramsesII_bc Ramesses II (Birth Name and Coronation Name in one Cartouche, which is unusual). (28k) name put top One name was put on top of another, to replace it. It looks as if both names are Rameses II, but why would he be erasing himself? (503k)
center says ankhmaatre-setepenamun The center says Ankhmaatre-Setepenamun, which is a puzzle, but on either side of that we see the nomen of Ramses II. (588k) coronation name merneptah Coronation Name of Merneptah (Baenre-Meryamun. This is more usually given as Baenre-Merynetjeru). (567k) birth name coronation Birth Name and Coronation Name of Seti II (Userkheperure-Meryamun Seti Meryenptah) (585k) birth name seti Birth Name of Seti II, with the Seth-animal erased, as being Tabu in later days (662k) birth name right Birth Name (right, Hekaiunu) and Coronation Name (left, Usermaatre-Meryamun) of Ramesses III (695k)
birth name bottom Birth Name (bottom) and Coronation Name (top) of Ramesses III (740k) birth name left Birth Name (left) and Coronation Name (right) of Ramesses III. Not all stone carving in ancient Egypt was of high quality. This is an example of a very badly carved name. The Ra at the top of the Coronation Name should be a circle instead of a square. (590k) ramsesVI Coronation Name of Ramesses VI (205k) birth_ramsesVI Birth Name of Ramesses VI (196k) birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses VIII (bottom right and left) (358k)
birth name ramesses Birth Name of Ramesses X (bottom center), Birth Name of Ramesses II (bottom right + left), Coronation Name of Ramesses II (top right + left) (485k)


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