Thutmose I (sometimes read as
Thothmes, Thutmosis or
Tuthmosis I, meaning
Thoth-Born) was the third
pharaoh of the
18th dynasty of
Egypt. He received the throne after the death of the previous king,
Amenhotep I. During his reign, he campaigned deep into the Levant and
Nubia, pushing the borders of Egypt farther than ever before. He also built many temples in Egypt, and a tomb for himself in the
Valley of the Kings; he is the first king confirmed to have done this (though Amenhotep I may have preceded him).