The Washington Post, June 4th, 2002
Thutmose III, who reigned from about 1479 to 1425 B.C., is known as "the Napoleon of Egypt" because he led his army through years of battles and conquered most of what is now Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Sudan. He had the royal scribe Thanuny record the details of his battles on the inside walls of the temple at Karnak. According to these records, Thutmose captured 350 cities. The pharaoh's construction efforts include extending the structures at Karnak and building a number of monuments at Abydos, Aswan, Heliopolis and Memphis. He built a temple to the Satet, the antelope goddess. And near his ...
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