Editing Thutmose II (section)

==Attestations==
[[File:Red granite fragment bearing the cartouche of Thutmose II. Probably from a throne of a seated statue. From Thutmose III Temple at Koptos, Egypt. 18th Dynasty.jpg|thumb|Red granite fragment bearing the cartouche of Thutmose II. Probably from a throne of a seated statue. From Thutmose III Temple at Koptos, Egypt. 18th Dynasty]]There are relatively few monuments that refer to Thutmose II. One reason is that his wife and successor, Hatsheput, placed her name on monuments begun by Thutmose II.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}  Another problem is that Thutmose III later reassigned monuments to Thutmose II.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

=== Aswan Stela ===
At [[Aswan]], the "Aswan Stela" is dated to '''Year 1, II Akhet 8 of Thutmose II'''.<ref>Gabolde, "La stèle de Thoutmosis II à Assouan," 133</ref> The monument is the highest dated attestation of the king. It records a rebellion in Upper Nubia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Elkashef |first1=Doaa |last2=Diniz |first2=Silvana |date=2021 |title=Some Comments on the Reports of Rebellion to the King in the New Kingdom Military Inscriptions. |url=https://mfth.journals.ekb.eg/article_263953_f81d8efb21f298ad15d428f122bff53d.pdf |journal=Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels |publisher=[[University of Sadat City]] |volume=5 |issue=2/1 |archive-date=24 August 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824195931/https://mfth.journals.ekb.eg/article_263953_f81d8efb21f298ad15d428f122bff53d.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Karnak, Gateway ===
At Karnak, Thutmose II started the construction of a limestone gateway in the forecourt in front of the Fourth Pylon at the Temple. The monument was not completed until Thutmose III.<ref name="Betsy Bryan, pp. 235–236"/> Under Amenhotep III, the gateway was dismantled and its building blocks became part of the foundation of the Third Pylon.<ref name="Betsy Bryan, p.236"/>

=== Deir el-Bahari, Stone Chest ===
Archaeologists from [[University of Warsaw|Warsaw University]]'s Institute of Archaeology led by Andrzej Niwiński have discovered a treasure chest and a wooden box dated 3,500 years back in the Egyptian site of [[Deir el-Bahari]] in March 2020.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/stone-chest-found-in-ancient-temple-and-containing-skeleton-of-a-sacrificial-goose-could-lead-to-hidden-royal-tomb-10980|title=Stone chest found in ancient temple and containing skeleton of a sacrificial goose could lead to hidden royal tomb|website=www.thefirstnews.com|language=en|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616203641/https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/stone-chest-found-in-ancient-temple-and-containing-skeleton-of-a-sacrificial-goose-could-lead-to-hidden-royal-tomb-10980|url-status=live}}</ref> The stone chest consisted of several items and all of them covered with linen canvas. Three bundles of flax were found during the excavation. A goose skeleton was found inside one of them, sacrificed for religious purposes. The second one included goose eggs. It is believed that what the third bundle contained was an ibis egg which had a symbolic meaning for the ancient Egyptians. In addition, a little wooden trinket box was discovered inside the bundle, believed to contain the name Pharaoh Thutmose II. According to the Andrzej Niwiński, "The chest itself is about 40 cm long, with a slight smaller height. It was perfectly camouflaged, looked like an ordinary stone block. Only after a closer look did it turn out to be a chest."<ref name=":1" />