New Kingdom

American  

noun

1. the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 1580–1085 b.c., comprising the 18th to 20th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Thebes.

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New Kingdom British  

noun

1. a period of Egyptian history, extending from the 18th to the 20th dynasty (?1570–?1080 _bc )

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Example Sentences

The discovery, announced last month, was the result of a joint mission between Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the New Kingdom Research Foundation, a group affiliated with Cambridge University in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal

Signs of water damage, and the clean sweep of the pharaoh’s funerary items, suggest the contents of the tomb were rescued from flooding, rather than ransacked by grave robbers, according to Piers Litherland, head of the New Kingdom Research Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The discovery of the pharaoh's tomb caps off more than 12 years of work by the joint team from Dr Litherland's New Kingdom Research Foundation and Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

From BBC

In a telling example of how climate catastrophe can erase an entire world order, around 1200 B.C. the eastern Mediterranean suffered a protracted drought that “caused crop failures, dearth, and famine,” sweeping away Late Bronze Age civilizations like the Greek Mycenaean cities, the Hittite empire and the New Kingdom in Egypt.

From Salon

Such resin was used as a preservative in wine and, in Egypt, as incense and as varnish on funerary equipment of the New Kingdom era.

From New York Times