Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, Pharaohs of Egypt: Their lives and afterlives

REVIEW BY JPP This is a beautifully presented book, amply illustrated with full-colour photographs throughout. The author uses the ancient Egyptian dating system of regnal years, seasons, months, and days for events, which (although more accurate than BC dates) is disconcerting at first. However, his knowledge of the subject material is unsurpassed, and he has been meticulous in recording both the latest information available and alternative interpretation of the facts where appropriate. Dodson begins by giving a brief introduction outlining the events leading to establishment of the New Kingdom under Amenhotep I at the start of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He then records all the known fac