History Ancient Egypt Rulers

Narmer

The person responsible for first unifying Upper and Lower Egypt; The first king of Egypt’s First Dynasty; 3150 BCE; Ruled for 62 years

Djoser

Second king of 3rd Dynasty; Reigned for over 2 decades; He concerned himself as a god Made the first significant stone 2650 – 2575 BCE

Khufu

Known as Cheops 4th Dynasty pharaoh Started the major necropolis on the Giza Plateau 2589 – 2566 BCE; He has a tiny statue of himself

Ramesses II

most famous and powerful ruler during period considered the Egyptian Golden Age He has a 6ft statue of himself "The Great Ancestor"

Nefertiti

She may have ruled Egypt as co-regent (1353 – 1336 BCE) She is the queen whose tomb some postulate is in a sealed chamber within the tomb of King Tut!

The Bust of Nefertiti

Nefertiti’s fame and popularity is largely the result of this discovery – considered the very definition of beauty -

Tutankhamen (King Tut)

He is famous for the only non-looted tomb found in the Valley of the Kings to date. 1333 – 1323 BCE

Hatshepsut

Impeccable bloodline – daughter, sister, and wife of a king; Ruled Egypt for 21 years; Second-known woman to hold the position of pharaoh Ruled from 1479 – 1458 BCE Daughter of Thutmose I Married to Thutmose II (her half-brother - son of Thutmose I by one of his wives that was not her mother);

Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple

Modeled on the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II – a ruler that Hatshepsut admired has 3 levels