Text, Annals of Thutmose III

Snake with horns below a half circle on the Annals of Thutmose III. Annals of Thutmose III. It is the gods who grant the pharaoh his victories, and it is to them that the fruits must return, to them that the main part of the booty is offered. It is therefore in their temples that it is above all necessary to fix the memory of them, to establish them, since the Egyptians are extremely fond of accounting, the meticulous census. Thus, around 1437 BC. Thoutmosis III did he carve on the walls of one of the sanctuaries of the great temple of Karnak the story of his campaigns in Palestine and Syria. This sanctuary was partially destroyed, but by adding the blocks that remained on site and those on display here, we obtain the best testimony we have left on the wars and foreign policy of the time. The account is made year by year (hence the name annals), and for each are recorded: 1 - the progress, more or less summarized, of the campaign; 2 - accounting for reported loot; 3 the acc