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Archaeologists in Egypt have done an exciting discovery: Faraoh Thutmose II grave, a ruler who has long overshadowed his famous wife and half-sister, the queen of the hat.
Exceptional findings are located in the western valley (cemetery for the queen, not kings), near the Deir el-Bahari complex, which is the wrong hat temple.
We worked both together as archaeologists in this spectacular site some 15 years ago.
Thutmose II Grave is marked with the first and largest, discovery of the royal grave, as Tutankhamun’s tomb found more than 100 years ago.
Although completely empty, the element is a key element in further understanding the transformative period in ancient Egyptian history.
Forgotten brother and husband hatshepsut
Thutmose II (also called Akheperenre) Government in the first half of the 15th century before the new era. This made him fourth ruler 18. Egyptian dynasty, which marked the beginning of the period of the new kingdom.
Thutmose II probably ruled for a little more than ten years, although some scholars believe that his rule may have lasted only three years.
He was the son of a great pharaoh Thutmose and and his smaller wife, Mutnefret.
He married his half-sestrish queen hatshepsut to the royal custom, in order to strengthen the rule and bloodline. They had a daughter named Nefrure together.
His death Hatshepsut became the sixth Faroon 18. Dynasty – and he is quarreling one of the most famous and most favorable rulers of all time.
Military activities
As a successor to Thutmose and, Thutmose II continued his father Military Policy in the southern regions of Egypt.
According to preserved inscriptions, he ordered a brutal suppression against the Egyptian rule in the country’s country (in the present North Sudan). As a result, a significant number of prisoners were brought in Egypt – perhaps as part of the campaign.
But Thutmose II military campaigns were less than the great conquers of their predecessors and heirs. Most historians believe that he is a weak ruler and that Hatshepsut had a major role in country management, even long before his death. However, others compete.
Thutmose II briefly relievers with modest traces of construction activities in Karnak, one of the largest religious centers in the old Egypt, located in today’s luxury.
The structure, of which only fragments survive, contains a unique decoration that shows Thutmose II, Hatshepsut as your royal woman before she became a ruler, and their daughter is Nefrura. The origin of the monument is uncertain. It is possible that Thutmose II started and Hatshepsut has finished.
The monument was reconstructed by French researchers and can now be admired in the Open Air Museum in Karnak.
Other monuments of Thutmose II were found in the southern regions of Egypt, such as the elephants, in the city of Asuana, and in the northern Sudan (probably merged with his military campaigns).
The condemnation of hatshepsuta memories
It is interesting that the name of Thutmose II became strongly related to many walking structures due to the actions of Thutmose III.
Considered as one of the largest warriors, military commanders and military strategists of all time, Thutmose III was nephew and Pastor Hatshepsut and co-owned with her as regent.
At the end of the reign of Thutmose III, some 20 years after Hatshepsut’s death, he performed a large campaign to remove or change the name and image of Hatshepsut. Scholars call this “Damnatio Memoriae” or convicting memory.
It is probably because of concern about the insurance of the throne for his successor, Amenhotep II, connecting him to his men.
In many cases, the Hatshepsut name was replaced with Thutmose II, making it the main famous in the temples built of Hatshepsut, like Deir El-Bahari.
What does Thutmose II tell us? Empty tomb?
The newly discovered tomb reveals fresh details about the status of Thutmose II and its role in socio-political structure from 15. century in Egypt – the period of territorial expansion, wealth and political intrigue. It also illuminates the perception of their rule at the time.
Thutmose II is painted as an inefficient ruler. And the latest findings are not about it are not contrary.
Unlike Father Thutmose and, which expanded the Egyptian ruling forces, or his pastoral thutmose III, which became one of the most famous Egyptian warriors, his modest tomb suggests that his legacy may not be widely celebrated as the second in his dynasty.
Tomb location is also intriguing, because near the tombs of royal women, including the lithium of the Hatsthepsut tomb, which was prepared for her when she was still a royal wife.
Thutmose II was discovered in the so-called royal cache in Deir El-Baharium in 1881. year, with other royal mummies. Many royal flood protection mummies have been moved here and during uncertain dynasty times (around 1077-950 prior to the new era), about 400-500 years after the original cemetery of Thutmose II.
However, experts doubt that the Grob Thutmose II may have emptied even earlier due to the flood from the waterfall above it.
These two of us speculate the other tomb may be built for him and still waiting for the discovery.
Ultimately, the reign of Thutmose II remains sheltered with a mystery due to the lack of available records.
Looking for his tomb – from the western valley, through the valley of Kraljevo, all the way to Deira El-Bahari – they failed for centuries.
Despite a bad preserved state, and its scarcity compared to Tutankhamun’s grave grave, this discovery will expand our understanding of the overlooked figure of Thutmose II, and the role played in the installation of Hatshepsut – probably the most successful of the four Fallaon women.
In fact, perfecting ways to climb a hatchet can be its greatest contribution.
Anna M. Kotarba-Morley is a senior lecturer in museum and curiosity and research associates at Adelaide University. Katarzyna Kapiec is an assistant professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures. This article was published from the conversation under the Creative Commons license. Read Original article.