Transcript Key People Ancient Egypt Menes • 3000 BCE, founder of the first dynasty. •Founder of Egyptian State, as he unified Lower and Upper Egypt. •The first ‘human’

Key People
Ancient Egypt
Menes
• 3000 BCE, founder of the
first dynasty.
•Founder of Egyptian
State, as he unified Lower
and Upper Egypt.
•The first ‘human’ ruler,
Egyptians believed the
previous rulers were
actually gods.
•Introduced the worship
of the gods, sacrifice
practice and a more
luxurious living style.
Djoser
•2667 BCE – 2648 BCE
2nd ruler of the 3rd
Dynasty.
•Commissioned his
official, Imhotep to
build the first of the
pyramids, a step
pyramid, in Saqqara.
•Also known as the
“body of the gods”
Cheops
• 2589 BCE – 2566 BCE, 2nd
ruler of the 4th Dynasty.
•Builder of the first
pyramid of Giza.
Chefren
•2588 BCE – 2532 BCE, 4th
ruler of the 4th Dynasty.
•Buiolder of the second
pyramid of Giza (slightly
smaller then the first).
•Some think the head of
the sphinx was carved in
his image, because it is
immediately next to his
causeway and believe to
be about the same age.
•Moved his capital to
Memphis.
Mycerinus
•2532 BCE – 2503 BCE,
Second last king of the 4th
Dynasty.
•Builder of the 3rd pyramid
of Giza. The plans for the
pyramid were changed
several times, hence why
the pyramid was not fully
completed.
•It is said that an oracle
warned him that he had
only six years to live, so
he doubled his life by
banqueting through the
hours of each night.
Hatshepsut
• 1473 BCE – 1458 BCE
•Married to her half-brother
and had a daughter, but the
heir to the throne was the
son of her husband and a
concubine.
•She took the throne when
her husband died because
his son was too young.
•Supported by priests of
Amun an architect named
Sesenmut.
•Often wore a fake beard to
be appreciated as a
masculine ruler.
•Many of the traces of her
reign were erased after her
death.
Tutankhamen
•1336 BCE – 1327 BCE,
ruler in the 18th Dynasty
•Little was known about
him until his tomb was
found by Howard Carter
in 1922.
•Tut’s tomb was found in
the Valley of Kings and
was the best preserved of
any Royal Egyptian
tombs.
•Approx. 8 years old when
he became Pharaoh.
Ramesses ll
•1303 BCE – 1213 BCE, 3rd
Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty.
•Regarded as the greatest,
most celebrated, and most
powerful pharaoh.
•Made Egypt rich from all
the supplies and riches he
collected from other
Empires.
•Many of his subjects were
born during his reign and
believed the world would
end without him.
•Died at 90 years of age.
Cleopatra VII
•69 BCE – 30 BCE
•Her family ruled Egypt but
spoke Greek.
•Was known as the
reincarnation of Isis.
•Ruled with her Father, then
her brothers and married one
of her brothers.
•Eventually ruled by herself.
•Had a son with Julius Caesar,
named Ceasarion.
•After JC’s assassination she
joined with Marc Antony and
bore twin girls.
•After her death, her son ruled
but was soon murdered on
Roman Emperor orders.
•Egypt then became a Roman
province called Aegyptus.