Thutmose Iii (Sometimes Read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis Iii, Thothmes in Older History Works, and Meaning “Thoth Is Born”) Was the Sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the First Twenty-Two Year's of Thutmose’s Reign He Was Co-Regent with His Stepmother and Aunt, Hatshepsut, Who Was Named the Pharaoh. While He Was Shown First on Surviving Monuments, Both Were Assigned the Usual Royal Names and Insignia and Neither Is Given Any Obvious Seniority over the Other. He Served as the Head of Her Armies. After the Death of Hatshepsut, and Thutmosis Iii’s Later Rise to Pharaoh of the Kingdom, He Created the Largest Empire Egypt Had Ever Seen; No Fewer Than Seventeen Campaigns Were Conducted, and He Conquered from Niya in North Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia. Officially, Thutmose Iii Ruled Egypt for Almost Fifty-Four Year's, and His Reign Is Usually Dated from April 24, 1479 Bc to March 11, 1425 Bc; However, This Includes the Twenty-Two Year's He Was Co-Regent to Hatshepsut. During the Final Two Year's of His Reign, He Appointed His Son and Successor, Amenhotep Ii, as His Junior Co-Regent. His Firstborn Son and Heir to the Throne, Amenemhat, Predeceased Thutmose Iii. When Thutmose Iii Died, He Was Buried in the Valley of the Kings as Were the Rest of the Kings from This Period in Egypt.