| Rule: | 18th Dynasty: 1401-1390 BC |
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| Predecessor: | Father Amenhotep 2 | |
| Mother: | Tiaa | |
| Nomen: | Birth name: Thutmose: Born of the god Thoth | |
| Praenomen: | Throne name: Menkheperure: Eternal are the manifestations of Ra | |
| Consorts: | Mutenwiya Nefretiri | |
| Capital City: | Thebes | |
| Reign: | - Unlike his father and grandfather, Thutmose 4 was not much of a military leader.
He suppressed an uprising in Nubia in his 8th Year around 1393 BC Established good relations with Mitanni and finally married Mutenwiya a Mitannian princess. - His most celebrated accomplishment was the restoration of the Great Sphinx at Giza. He placed a carved stone tablet "the Dream Stele", between the two paws of the sphinx. The Stele tells that, while out on a hunting trip, Thutmose 4 fell asleep in the shadow of the sphinx head, Ra Horakhty, the sun god embodied in the sphinx, came to him in a dream and promised that if he would clear away the sand that engulfed the monument, Tuthmose would become Pharaoh of Egypt. - He Finished Lateran obelisk started by Thutmose 3 in Karnak - He Built a mud brick temple for himself south of The Ramesseum, - He also erected an alabaster shrine at Karnak. | |
| Burial: | Valley of Kings - KV 43 reburied in Deir el Bahri Cache KV35 | |
| Successor: | Son Amenhotep 3 out of Queen Mutenwiya | |
| Wikipedia: | Thutmose 4 |