Famous
Pharaohs
Djoser, Menes, Khafra, Amenhotep IV,
Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, Akhenaton,
Tutankhamen, Cleopatra VII
Menes
 Reign: about 3100 BC-3038BC
 First official pharaoh of Egypt.
 Ruled for about 62 years.
 He united the upper and lower
kingdoms of Ancient Egypt.
 Temples were built during his
reign to honor gods.
 Killed by a hippopotamus.
Djoser
 He ruled from about 2668 BC -
2649 BC.
 Had the first pyramid built.
 The first pyramid was called the
Step Pyramid at Sakkara. .
 His administration developed the
mining of turquoise and other
precious stones.
KHUFU
 Reign: 2551-2528 B.C
 Khufu, or commonly known as
Cheops.
 His greatest accomplishment--the
construction of the largest pyramid.
 Ruled for approximately 23 years
 Highly structured society and he must
have attained great wealth.
Khafra
 REIGN:2520-2494 BC
 DIED:2480 BC
 Over Khafra’s lifetime as a pharaoh
he built the second largest pyramid
of Giza. This pyramid was named
“Khafra the Great”
 The Great Sphinx was built to look
like him, probably to guard his
tomb.
 His father was Khufu.
 REIGN:1526-1506 BC
 DIED:1504 BC
Amenhotep III
 When Amenhotep III was ruler of Egypt he made
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many statues. Just by looking at a few of them you
could tell he liked Middle Kingdom styles.
He ruled for 39 years of great prosperity. He
brought Egypt to its peak power and peace.
many structures were constructed that still stand
today.
Amenhotep III was known as the pharaoh that
beautified Egypt.
Queen Nerfertiti
 REIGN:1479-1458BC
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DIED:1458 BC
Hatshepsut was married to Thutmose II her
brother. When he died she had to take care of
Thutmose III, her stepson. He was not old
enough to rule so she helped him by being his
regent. By the time he became old enough to
rule by himself, she had already named herself
pharaoh.
Wore a false beard. Most likely so people would
obey her better.
She had the appearance of a male pharaoh in
order to be better respected as leader.
15 years after she had gotten the throne, she
had mysteriously disappeared.
It wasn't until 2007 that pharaoh Hatshepsut's
mummy has been found in an undecorated
tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Hatshepsut
 REIGN:1479-1425
 DIED:1425 BC
Thutmose III
 Thutmose III was not old enough to
rule when his father died, so
Hatshepsut, his step-mother was his
adviser.
 He later took back over his throne and
destroyed a lot of Hatshepsut’s statues.
 Thutmose III turned Egypt into a great
military force. He is said to be one of
Egypt’s best pharaohs and was known
for fighting wisely as well as spreading
the empire.
Akhenaton IV
 Originally named Amenhotep IV. He
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changed his name in honor of the
SunGod Aton.
An Egyptian pharaoh (1380-1362 BC),
Nefertiti was his wife.
Most famous for: revising the
Egyptian religious world by
instituting a unique form of
monotheism. Akhenaton believed
there was only one god, Aton the sun
god.
He and his wife Nefertiti closed many
of the temples to other gods.
He was the father of the famous King
Tut.
 REIGN:1336-1324 BC
 DIED:1323 BC at age 19
Tutankhamun
“King Tut”
 Tutankhamun(King Tut) was only
9 years old when he became
pharaoh.
 Researchers are not positive how
he died.
 Re-established the old
polytheistic religion and restored
all of the traditional deities.
 He moved the capital back to
Thebes.
•He is well known because we found so many artifacts in his
tomb that taught us about Egyptian life. He is probably the
most famous Pharaoh.
Ramses II
born in 1303 BC
ruled from 1279 BC to 1213 BC
 “Ramses the Great” due to his great
accomplishments and to his long
reign over Egypt; his reign lasted
over 60 years.
 He was known as warrior, great king,
family man, and viewed as a god.
 He had many wives, over 100
children, and made the country
wealthy by collecting riches and
supplies from other empires.
 Due to his love of architecture, he had
also created many memorials
throughout Egypt. Some especially
created for his first queen, Nefertari.
 REIGN:51-30 BC
 DIED:30 BC
 Cleopatra VII married Ptolomy XIII (her brother)
 There was a power struggle between Ptolomy and
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Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra. He drowned “accidentally” so she then dated
Julius Ceaser . When he died she later married Mark
Anthony. (Roman also)
Mark Anthony later he committed suicide.
Cleopatra killed herself, it is said that she used a
poisonous snake called an asp.
She was a compassionate ruler and she also helped to
boost Egypt’s economy. She had broken almost 300 years
of the Ptolemaic rule that had been filled with rebellion,
riots, and high taxes.
She lowered taxes and people like her.
Egypt came under Roman rule. So Cleopatra was the last
Egyptian pharaoh of Egypt.