New Kingdom Overview
- Neolithic Period: 4500-3000 BCE
- Early Dynastic: 3000-2650 BCE
- Old Kingdom: 2650-2150 BCE
- 1st Intermediate Period: 2150-2040 BCE
- Middle Kingdom: 2040-1640 BCE
- 2nd Intermediate Period: 1640-1550 BCE
- New Kingdom: 1550-1070 BCE
- - Architects: Amenhotep, Son of Hapu
- - Architects: Senenmut
- - Rulers: Amenhotep III
- - Rulers: Amenhotep IV
- - Rulers: Hatshepsut
- - Rulers: Ramses II
- - Rulers: Ramses III
- - Rulers: Thutmose III
- - Rulers: Tutankhamun
- - Monuments: Abu-Simbel
- - Monuments: Abydos - The Temple of Seti
- - Monuments: Akhetaton (Tell el-Amarna)
- - Monuments: Amenhotep III’s Mortuary Complex
- - Monuments: Deir-el-Bahri
- - Monuments: Luxor Temple
- - Artifacts: Link to Collection Search
- 3rd Intermediate Period: 1070-712 BCE
- Saite and Late Periods: 712-332 BCE
- Greco-Roman Period: 332 BCE-642 CE
- Coptic Period: 395-642 CE
- Islamic Period and Modern Times: 642 CE-Today
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Support Your Museum- Neolithic Period: 4500-3000 BCE
- Early Dynastic: 3000-2650 BCE
- Old Kingdom: 2650-2150 BCE
- 1st Intermediate Period: 2150-2040 BCE
- Middle Kingdom: 2040-1640 BCE
- 2nd Intermediate Period: 1640-1550 BCE
- New Kingdom: 1550-1070 BCE
- - Architects: Amenhotep, Son of Hapu
- - Architects: Senenmut
- - Rulers: Amenhotep III
- - Rulers: Amenhotep IV
- - Rulers: Hatshepsut
- - Rulers: Ramses II
- - Rulers: Ramses III
- - Rulers: Thutmose III
- - Rulers: Tutankhamun
- - Monuments: Abu-Simbel
- - Monuments: Abydos - The Temple of Seti
- - Monuments: Akhetaton (Tell el-Amarna)
- - Monuments: Amenhotep III’s Mortuary Complex
- - Monuments: Deir-el-Bahri
- - Monuments: Luxor Temple
- - Artifacts: Link to Collection Search
- 3rd Intermediate Period: 1070-712 BCE
- Saite and Late Periods: 712-332 BCE
- Greco-Roman Period: 332 BCE-642 CE
- Coptic Period: 395-642 CE
- Islamic Period and Modern Times: 642 CE-Today
The New Kingdom
1550 BCE – 1070 BCE
Egypt guarded herself after the Second Intermediate Period. She carved out an empire using foreign allies as “buffer states” to guard against invasion. Some of these lands never realized the Egyptians were “using” them. They constantly asked the pharaoh why he had not sent them presents of gold.
The New Kingdom, often called the “Empire Age,” began with the Eighteenth Dynasty, famous for such fascinating rulers as Hatshepsut and Amenhotep III. Another famous pharaoh, Akhnaton, set up a short-lived new religion worshiping a singled god called the Aten.
Akhnaton’s son, King Tutankamun, lived to rule for only a few short years.
Architects: Amenhotep, Son of Hapu and Senenmut
Rulers: Amenhotep III, Amenhotep IV (Akhnaton), Hatshepsut, Ramses II, Ramses III, Tutankhamun, and Thutmose III.
Monuments: Abu-Simbel, Abydos – Temple of Seti, Akhetaton (Tell-el-Amarna), Amenhotep III’s Mortuary Temple, Deir-el-Bahri (Temples of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III), and Luxor Temple.
Artifacts from the New Kingdom Period
The New Kingdom Overview Video
Mummification in Ancient Egypt
