Thutmose (; also rendered Thutmoses, Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Thutmes, Dhutmose, Djhutmose, Djehutymes, etc.) is an

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of the

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian personal name ''dhwty-ms'', usually translated as "Born of the god

Thoth Thoth (from , borrowed from , , the reflex of " eis like the ibis") is an ancient Egyptian deity. In art, he was often depicted as a man with the head of an African sacred ibis, ibis or a baboon, animals sacred to him. His feminine count ...

". Thoutmôsis (in Ancient Greek Θούθμωσις / Thoúthmôsis) is the

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form of the Egyptian Ḏḥwtj-mś (reconstructed pronunciation: /tʼaˈħawtij ˈmissaw/) and means "Born of Thoth". This theophoric name was part of the royal titulary of four pharaohs of the 18th dynasty as the name of Sa-Rê or "birth name". It was also worn by the eldest son of

Amenhotep III Amenhotep III ( , ; "Amun is satisfied"), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great and Hellenization, Hellenized as Amenophis III, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty. According to d ...

, high priest of

Ptah Ptah ( ; , ; ; ; ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god, and a patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertem. He was also regarded as the father of the ...

, as well as by a vizier who exercised his functions successively under

Thutmose IV Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; Ancient Egyptian: ''ḏḥwti.msi(.w)'' "Thoth is born") was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately t ...

and Amenhotep III. Under this last king and under his successor, Amenhotep IV, two other high dignitaries, royal sons of

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, similarly called themselves "Born of Thoth".

Ancient Egyptians

Monarchs and royals

The name was common among royals of the Eighteenth Dynasty, which is thus sometimes called the "Thutmosid" Dynasty from the reign of Thutmose I onward. *

Thutmose I Thutmose I (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis I, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; meaning "Thoth is born") was the third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty of History of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. He re ...

(16th-century–c. 1490 BC), third pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty *

Thutmose II Thutmose II was the fourth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and his reign is thought to have lasted for 13 years, from 1493 to 1479 BC (Low Chronology), or just 3 years from around 1482 to 1479 BC. Little is known about him, and he ...

(fl. 1493–1479 BC), fourth pharaoh *

Thutmose III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, (1479–1425 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors, military commanders, and milita ...

(fl. 1479–1425 BC), "the Conqueror" or "the Great", sixth pharaoh *

(died 14th-century BC), eighth pharaoh * Crown Prince Thutmose, the elder brother of Pharaoh Akhenaten

Royal officials

Thutmose (18th-dynasty vizier) Thutmose was an ancient Egyptian Vizier (Ancient Egypt), vizier under Amenhotep III, during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty. As vizier of the North (i.e. of Lower Egypt), Thutmose officiated from Memphis, Egypt, Memphis, while his s ...

, Vizier during the reign of Thutmose IV *

Thutmose (19th-dynasty vizier) Thutmose (; also rendered Thutmoses, Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Thutmes, Dhutmose, Djhutmose, Djehutymes, etc.) is an Anglicisation of names, anglicization of the ancient Egyptian personal name ''dhwty-ms'', usually transla ...

, Vizier during the latter part of the reign of Ramesses II during the 19th dynasty * Tuthmose (Viceroy of Kush), the Viceroy of Kush during the reign of Akhenaten

Other Egyptians

Thutmose (sculptor) Thutmose, also known as "The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Thutmose" (also spelled Djhutmose, Thutmosis, and Thutmes), was an Ancient Egyptian sculptor in the Amarna style. He flourished around 1350 BC, and is thought to hav ...

(fl. 1350 BC), Akhenaten's court sculptor at Amarna, to whom is attributed the famous Berlin bust of Nefertiti * Thutmose (scribe) (fl. 11th-century BC), father of

Butehamun Butehamun (fl. 11th century BC) was an Egyptian scribe born and raised in or around Deir el-Medina during the reign of Ramesses XI, the tenth and final pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. Butehamun was the son of Thutmose (or Dhutmose) of ...

, himself a scribe

Others

Thutmose (musician) Umar Ibrahim (born August 4, 1995), known better by his stage name Thutmose, is a Nigerian-American rapper, singer, and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education Ibrahim grew up in a small city outside of Lagos, Nigeria. Sh ...

(born 1995), stage name of the Nigerian-American rapper Umar Ibrahim *

Thutmose Kamel Gabrial Thutmose Kamel Gabrial (; Lycopolitan (Asyutic) Coptic: Ⲑⲱⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲟⲥⲓ Ⲕⲏⲙⲗ ⲅⲉⲃⲣⲓⲁⲗ) was an Egyptian military pilot, he was born in Asyut in 1924, and his father was a staff officer in the Sixth Infantry Battal ...

(1924-1948), an Egyptian military pilot who was killed in action during the

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