Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast, episode 65C, Little King Tutmos,

being the early life of King Tutmos III, and how his aunt, Queen Hatshepsut,

accommodated the needs of her young co-ruler up to Reginal Year 17.

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Now then, let's begin.

Thank you. then, let's begin. The year is approximately 1477 BCE, regnal year 17 of the Queen King Hatshepsut.

Well, not really, it's actually regnal year 17 of Hatshepsut's nephew, the King of Upper and

Lower Egypt, Menke Karee, Tatmos

the third. Son of Tatmos II, grandson of Tatmos I, the young king is all of 18 or 19 years old,

maybe slightly older. Since his infancy, he has been the crown king of Egypt, ruler of the two lands,

first son and servant of the gods, and the leader of a burgeoning empire. But for those 17 years,

Tartmos III has been a mystery, a cipher in his own kingdom, with his stepmother-slash-a-a-a-amother slash aunt ruling the two lands in his name,

and doing a pretty solid job of it, all things considered, the young monarch, Tatmos,

really hasn't had much of anything official to do. That is not to say that he's been idle.

Far from it, in fact. As a monarch of Egypt and a male growing up

amongst the elite, Tartmos III has been an extremely busy young man. Pretty much every day,

in fact, he's been buried in the paperwork, religious rituals, and military training expected

of a man destined to rule an entire country and an entire people.

What was Tartmosa's life like in the years before his aunt died?

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