It is more than 1300 years before the birth of Christ and the mighty Egyptian Empire is at the peak of its power. The ancient civilisation is enjoying unprecedented prosperity during the 18th Dynasty under some of Egypt's most famous Pharaohs - Ahmose I, Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Amenhotep III, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun.But every empire has its rivals - here the Hittites, the Mittani, Nubians and Assyrians - and every royal family its enemies.Smenkhkare...