1550 BC

Events in 1550 BC 1

• 1550 BC – 1070 BC The New Kingdom -- empire and glory The New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC) is the imperial age of ancient Egypt -- the period of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ramesses II and the Sea Peoples. Egypt controls an empire from Nubia to the Euphrates; its temples at Karnak and Abu Simbel are among the greatest buildings ever erected; its royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings are painted with extraordinary scenes of the afterlife. The New Kingdom is Egypt at its most powerful, most creative and most internationally engaged.