Egypt's imperial zenith (18th–20th Dynasties) of Hatshepsut, Akhenaten and Ramesses, ruling Nubia and the Levant.
The New Kingdom of Egypt (Dynasties 18–20, c. 1550–1077 BCE) declined through the weakening of the 20th Dynasty following the reign of Ramesses III, beset by the Sea Peoples' invasions, internal power struggles, and economic collapse; it gave way to the fragmented Third Intermediate Period c. 1077 BCE when the last Ramessid pharaoh, Ramesses XI, died.
Covers the imperial New Kingdom of Egypt in depth.
Comprehensive Egypt survey with substantial coverage of Predynastic/Naqada period; complements Shaw by same era, different author
Primary source — Manetho's king-lists and dynastic framework are essential for understanding the transition from Predynastic to Early Dynastic; Loeb Classical Library vol. 350
Sinuhe the physician in Akhenaten’s Egypt — the era’s classic novel.