Thutmose I

Thutmose I took the throne after Amenhotep I's death and became the third pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty. His reign, dated by most scholars to 1506–1493 BC, was defined by military expansion: he campaigned aggressively into the Levant and Nubia, extending Egyptian territory beyond all previous limits. He also left his mark in stone, building temples across Egypt and excavating a tomb for himself in the Valley of the Kings — the first king confirmed to do so, though Amenhotep I may have beaten him to it. His son Thutmose II succeeded him, followed in turn by Thutmose II's sister, Hatshepsut.