Transcript Pharaohs…Kings of Egypt.

Pharaohs…Kings of Egypt.
Presented by Kyle
Tyler
Rachelle
And Rachale
Who was the Pharaoh?
The Pharaoh was the king of Egypt.
The name Pharaoh meant ”Great House”.
The name Pharaoh also meant the place where
the pharaoh lived
The lifestyle
The Pharaoh was at the top of the social pyramid.
Pharaohs may have more than one wife.
Thutmose III married his half-sister
The Battlefield
Thutmose III and Ramses II were warrior
kings.
The Pharaoh was also in charge of the
military.
Ramses I was a commander of the
Horemheb’s army
Dynasties
There were about 33 dynasties total in
Egypt.
A dynasty is a family that once ruled a
land [ country ]
The All-Stars of Egypt!!
Our selected list:
# 1 Ramses II
# 2 Cleopatra VII
# 3 Tutankhamen [ King Tut ]
Ramses II
He reigned for 67 years during the 19th dynasty.
He set the capital at the Nile Delta.
He was remembered for his great structures.
He outlived 11 sons.
Cleopatra VII
She ruled in Alexandria.
She was part Macedonian,
Greek, and Iranian.
She was not important, but
she became famous.
She was depicted in
Shakespeare’s play
“Antony and Cleopatra”.
Tutankhamen
He, like Cleopatra, wasn’t important.
Sadly, he was a teenager when he died.
He died from a broken leg, not
assassination.
His tomb hadn’t been robbed.
Religion
The Pharaoh was considered a god in human form.
Akhenaten only let one god become the religion.
Ramses II was believed to be pharaoh in the bible.
How a pharaoh died.
The pharaoh had to die a natural death.
The pharaoh had a pyramid built for him for
his death.
Warning!! No plagiarism was taken
in this production
Special thanks to:
Groiler
Bob Brier
Allen Ward
TourEgypt.com