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The New Kingdom saw Egypt's greatest territorial extent. It expanded far into Nubia in the south, and held wide territories in the Near East. Egyptian armies fought with Hittite armies for control of modern-day Syria.
One of the best known Pharaohs was Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, whose exclusive worship of the Aten is often interpreted as the first instance of monotheism. His religious fervor is cited as the reason why he was written out of Egyptian history. Under his reign, (around 1500 BC) the art of the Egyptians flourished and was more realistic than before.
The other well-known Pharaoh was Ramesses II, who attempted to recover the territories in modern IsraelThis article discusses the State of Israel. For other meanings of Israel see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea., LebanonAlternate uses: see Lebanon (disambiguation The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in Southwest Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It is considered to be one of the fifteen lands that comprise the so-called " Cradle of Humanity". Lebanon is bor and Syria that had been held in the Eighteenth dynasty. His reconquest led to the Battle of Qadesh, where he led the Egyptian armies against the army of the HittiteHittite can refer to either The ancient Anatolian people called the Hittites; or The Hittite language, an ancient Indo-European language they spoke. king Muwatalli IIMuwatalli II was a king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) from 1285 BC 1273 BC. The elder son of Mursili II, he is best known as the Hittite ruler who fought Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh around 1285 BC. Hittite kings.. He was famed for the number of children he sired, and the tombKV5 is the tomb of the sons of Ramses II, and the recent discovery of its great extent is perhaps the most amazing discovery in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Being near the entrance to the Valley, over the centuri he built for his sons in the Valley of the KingsThe Valley of the Kings or Wadi el-Muluk in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties. Luxor Wadi el-Muluk means valley of the kings''. The valley is located on the has proved to be the largest funerary complex in Egypt.