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The 18th dynasty
A new Golden Age | | ab. 1550 B.C. till ab. 1292 B.C. | | | |
Pharaohs: Ahmose I Amenhotep I Tutmose I Tutmose II Hatshepsut Tutmose III Amenhotep II Tutmose IV Amenhotep Ankhenaten Neferneferuaten Smenkhare Tutankhamun Ay Horemheb
| | | The first pharaoh of the 18th dynasty was Ahmose I, the brother of Tao, the king before last in the 17th dynasty and he took over after Kamose, the last king of the 17th dynasty died without hair.
What followed is probably the best known of all Egyptian dynasties. Not only the number of monuments and building is beyond impressive, also it's share at the most famous paharaohs is overwhelming. From Tutankhamon, who was basically a boy king, but became famous when his tomb was discovered unrobbed to Amenhotep I, II and III, the Tutmosides, the heretic king Ankhenaton and of course Horemheb, who with some right is often compared to Nero, this dynasty is a collection of the famous, which dwarfs even the following 19th dynasty in glory. And given the pharaohs there, that means a thing or two!
Aside of that, the 18th dynasty ruled for an extreme long time. About 258 years! They had time to chisel their names in the history books.
It starts with Ahmose I, who basically started out as the last king of the Second Intermediate, but became the first pharaoh of the New Kingdom after he defeated the remaining Hyksos and conquered their capitla Avaris. For the first time, Egypt was re-united ... again.
But Ahmose died without heir and so the next pharaoh was legitimated by marriage. Tutmosis I is often compared to the Egyptian Napoleon and indeed, under his reign, Egypt reached it's maximum expanse. His daughter, Hatschpsut reigned for over twenty years. The most notable aspect of her rulership is not that she was a women, we had that often enough. But with sending out trade expeditions to countries lost from memory of Egypt during two intermediates, the import of foreing plants and sheer political genius, she earned her place in the histpory books. Which was for a long time denied to her by her own son Tutmosis III. A not so nice guy, but Egypts greates military leader ever, successfully establishing Egypt as superpower of it'S days.
Noteworthy is also Amenhotep III, who started a building program that can only be compared to that of Ramses II in the 19th dynasty. Only Ramses had about double the time.
But the 18th dynasty is also connected to Ankhenaten, the heretic king, who, in his attempt to establish a new monotheistic religion, ruined the economy and therefore the nations power. And no, I will not discuss his wife Nofretiti, who was described as one of the most beautiful women in history. I have seen her statue and I was so NOT impressed. When Ankhenaten died, he left a nation in chaos and broke. The best, one can say about his time is probably, that some of his ideas sounded pretty modern in thier definition of progress and liberty.
And of course, there was Tutankamun. He was a little boy when he became king and a big boy when he died. If his tomb would have been robbes as everybody else's. he wouldn't been worth a footnote. So, we can call him kind of a lucky boy ... or maybe not, considering, he fell probably victim to a homicide.
Ay and Horemhab, the last two kings of the 18th dynasty weren't really members of the dynasty, but attempted to leave that impression for the sake of their own legitimation. With Horemhab, who was a great general but also known as impotent, the 18th dynasty ends for obvious reasons. | | ... back |
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Tue, May 17, 2016
12:00 AM CT
Daniel Lee Siebert
Daniel Lee Siebert is now also in our serial killer collection. A more or less garden variety strangler type who got away longer than necessary bacause some big PDs dropped the ball ... and left it to smaller ones, to get the job done.
| Fri, Dec 18, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Christman Genipperteinga
THe legendary robber along the wine road Trier-Cologne made it finally into our collection. With a total of 970 victim, including six of them his own children, he is currently the most prolific serial killer in the Collection.
| Thu, Oct 22, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Gerard John Schaefer
The allegedly most prolific Florida Serial Killer, "Killer Cop" Gerard Schaefer, finally also made his way into out collection.
| Thu, Sep 24, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Royal Russel Long
Long was quite messed up in the investigation of the Wyoming Rodeo Murders, but details show, he was another kind of animal, y typeless pedophile serial killer. Now his file is in our collection.
| Mon, Aug 17, 2015
12:00 AM CT
The Wyoming Rodeo Murders
A story of misperceptions and midnless cabinet cleaning by police authorities that ended up with someone getting away with at least two murders on young women. Now in our collection.
| Wed, Jul 15, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Joseph Vacher, the French Ripper
Now new in our collection: Joseph Vacher, the French Ripper. The first case, blood spatter analysis was used in a court trial world wide!
| Sat, Jun 20, 2015
12:00 AM CST
No new addition in June
Usually, we try to bring another case up in our serial killer collection every month, but this month, we simply had no time. Between working open cases and other activities, it was just not possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.
| Sat, May 16, 2015
12:00 AM CT
The Beauty Queen Killer
New in the serial killer collection: Christopher Wilder, the Beauty Queen Killer. A case that shows how nonsensical the disctinction between serial and spree killers really is.
| Thu, Apr 16, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Burton W. Abbott
Abbott killed only one victim, a case that caused some public attention in 1955. But he showed all hallmarks of a fledgling serial killer and thus, we added him to our collection.
| Mon, Mar 16, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Darren Deon Vann
Ha is basically the usual garden variety strangler case if it wouldn't be for the early warnings statistical data cretated about serial killer activity in Gary/Indiana. Now he is in our collection.
| Wed, Mar 4, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Apologies!
Due to technical problems, the March article was up late. Take my apologies for this glitch.
| Mon, Feb 16, 2015
12:00 AM CT
Affaire of the Poisons
We have added the infamous Affaire of the Poisons to our collection. With more than 80 offenders, it breaks a little the format, but well, it's one of the biggest cases of "organized" crime ever, so how can we let it out?
| Mon, Dec 8, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Joseph Bryan
Once he made the FBI Ten Most Wanted list, now nobody remembers the case anymore. Nevertheless, the father of all allegedly schizophrenic serial killers has entered our collection.
| Fri, Nov 7, 2014
12:00 AM CT
The Trailside Killer
David Joseph Carpenter has now become also part of the Serial Killer Collection ... complete with profile.
| Tue, Oct 7, 2014
12:00 AM CT
The Vampire of Duesseldorf
Peter Kuerten aka The Vampire of Duesseldorf roamed the city at the River Rhine for more than two years and left behind a trail of bodies-
| Fri, Sep 12, 2014
12:00 AM CT
The Grim Sleeper
Lonnie Franklin aka The Grim Sleeper has been added to our serial killer collection
| Thu, Aug 14, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Michael Lee Lockhart
... and with a little delay, another serial made it into the serial killer collection. Michael Lee Lockhart, not so much interesting for his "achievements" but because his case appears as if he became a psychopath only after a serious head injury.
| Tue, Aug 12, 2014
12:00 AM CT
A Game of Daggers
Diane's new novel A GAME OF DAGGERS is now available at Amazon for Kindle. A story of murder, mayhem and political intrigue set up in the year of the Lord 1096.
Pope Urban II has called for a crusade, but this news has yet to reach Cornwall. And people there have anyway to deal with other problems from storms to wreckers on their coast and when some murdered men are discovered on the beach, nobody guesses, this is only the prelude to much greater events coming to the so remote shores ...
| Sat, Jul 5, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Ivan Hill
Ivan Hill, as the first of the many serial killers, who haunted Los Angeles in the 80s and 90s, is now added to our serial killer collection.
| Sun, Jun 8, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Raya and Sakina
The famous Egyptian serial killers have become part of our collection. And as so often, things are not as simple as the urban legend tries to tell us.
| Thu, May 1, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Dagmar Overbye
The infamous Danish baby farmer has been added to our Serial Killer Collection.
| Thu, May 1, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Pharaoh Djoser added to the Egyptian Collection
I finally came around to add a new pharaoh to our collection: Djoser, 1st Pharoh of the 3rd Dynasty.
| Fri, Apr 4, 2014
12:00 AM CT
The Green River Killer
This month, we added Gary Ridgway to our serial killer collection, a case, not so much interesting for the profiling but for the lessons about case organization to be learned from it.
| Tue, Mar 4, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Manson Family
The "Manson Family&quo; has been added to our serial killer collection. Especially interesting for those who think, brain washing isn't possible.
| Fri, Feb 7, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Hans van Zon
Dutch serial killer Hans van Zon joined our serial killer collection. Not entirely voluntarily though.
| Mon, Jan 6, 2014
12:00 AM CT
The Syracuse Dungeon Master
John T. Jamelske aka the Syracuse Dungeon Master has been added to our Serial Killer Collection. While not a seria killer but a serial rapist, Jamelske represents a similar psychopathology as some OCD type serial killers, for example Dahmer and therefore is some valuable object for studies.
| Thu, Jan 2, 2014
12:00 AM CT
Khasekhemwy
The last of the 2nd dynasty pharaohs, the man who re-united Egypt, is now also in the Egyptian collection.
| Thu, Dec 12, 2013
12:00 AM CT
Pharaoh Sekhemib added to the Egyptian Collection
I finally came around to add Pharaoh Sekhemib to the collection, the sixth of the 2nd Dynasty. So, with some luck, I can finish this year the 2nd dynsty, only one, Khasekhemwy is left.
| Tue, Dec 10, 2013
12:00 AM CT
The Riha disappearance
In 1969, Dr. Thomas Riha disappeared and in the subconsequent series of events, Gloria Tannenbaum was arrested for forgery and under suspicion of two other homicides. She plead not guilty by reason of insanity and got away with it. The case has now been added to our serial killer collection.
| Mon, Nov 4, 2013
12:00 AM CT
Richard N. Clarey jr.
Clarey is one of the lesser known serial killers, skirting the definition a little. Still, for some reasons an interesting case.
| Wed, Oct 2, 2013
12:00 AM CT
Now in the collection: William E. Cosden
A garden variety sexual predator, notable only because his existence shows, how wrong the idea of 1 monster at 1 time in 1 area is.
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