Thutmose III (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis III, and meaning Thoth is born) is the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he is co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut, who is named the pharaoh.

While he is shown first on surviving monuments, both are assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other.

He serves as the head of her armies.

After her death and his later rise to being the pharaoh of the kingdom, he creates the largest empire Egypt has ever seen; no fewer than seventeen campaigns are conducted, and he conquers from Niya in north Syria to the fourth waterfall of the Nile in Nubia.

Officially, Thutmose III rules Egypt for almost fifty-four years, and his reign is usually dated from April 24, 1479 BCE to March 11, 1425 BCE; however, this includes the twenty-two years he was co-regent to Hatshepsut—his stepmother and aunt.

During the final two years of his reign, he appoints his son -- and successor -- Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent.

When Thutmose III dies, he is buried in the Valley of the Kings as are the rest of the kings from this period in Egypt.