Why is it said that Egypt had many great kings, especially in the New Kingdom?
It was during the New Kingdom that the Egyptian Empire conquered the most lands. They sent ambassadors all over western Asia. The kings built huge temples and erected colossal statues of them. The period of the New Kingdom extended from 1570-1070 BC. For about 500 years, New Kingdom of Egypt was the world’s most magnificent civilization.
The most famous Egyptian pharaohs came from the New Kingdom. They included Ramses II, and Seti I who were renowned military leaders, Akhenaten, who briefly abolished all the gods except the sun god, and Hatshepsut, a powerful queen who ruled with all the might of her male relatives.
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