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Unlike his father and grandfather, Thutmose IV 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 IV 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 III in Karnak
He Built a mud brick temple for himself south of The Ramesseum,
He also erected an alabaster shrine at Karnak.
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