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• Chloe Barlow-Queens of the Nile
• Elizabeth Hawkins-Pharaohs of the Past
• Chris Smith-Inside the Pyramids
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Nefertiti
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Born: 1370 BC
Died: 1330 BC
Spouse: Akhenaten (Ak-en-ot-ten)
Parents: Ay
Children: Ankhesenpaaten, Meritaten
Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten.
Nefertiti and her husband were known for a religious revolution, in which they
worshiped one god only, Aten, or the sun disc.
No one else believed the religion.
Disappeared shortly after her husbands other wife, kiya, had began to be too
much of a rival. Kiya was disgraced and then Akhenaten got one or two new
co-regents and many believe that they were his son and Nefertiti in disguise.
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Cleopatra
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Born: 69 BC (Month: October)
Died: August 12, 30 BC
Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic
dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death
during the Hellenistic period.
In 48 BC, Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt. Cleopatra snuck back into the palace hidden
inside a rolled up carpet. She met with Caesar and convinced him to help her win back
the throne. Caesar defeated Ptolemy's army at the Battle of Nile. Ptolemy drowned in
the Nile River and Cleopatra became the sole ruler of Egypt.
She fell in love with Julius Caesar and had a kid. Though she loved him, she wanted to
keep Egypt free of Rome's power. She built up the economy, establishing trade with
other Arab countries.
romantically involved with both Mark Anthony and Julius Caesar.
She used Antony to get better land and materials for Egypt. He had an affair with her
and that made his wife mad so her brother declared war against Cleopatra and they
won. Antony took his own life so Cleopatra was captured and killed herself.
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Hatshepsut
• Regarded as Egypt’s most successful ruler.
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• Was one of the few women Pharaohs.
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• Married her half brother when her father died, making him king and her queen.
• When he died, her nephew was supposed to take over but because of his age,
Hatshepsut took over the throne.
• She created expeditions to Punt, where the Egyptians searched for things
they coveted, such as animals, spices, etc.
• Her bitter nephew tried to take the throne and succeed after her twenty year reign.
• Her name was erased from everything she ever did, and her mummy was never fo
• It is belived thtat hger newphew burned her, and her lover suten, tomb
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The Heretic King
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• After becoming Pharaoh, Akhenaten that Aten was the single god
• Akhenaten claimed he was the only one to talk to the single god, Aten
• Pharaoh Akhenaten made the city Akhetaten in honor of the sun god Aten
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Amenhotep III
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• Amenhotep III was known as the Pharaoh who beautified egypt for
the many structures that still stand today
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When King Amenhotep’s older son died he left the throne to
Amenhotep IV who would later change his name to Akhenaten
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King Amenhotep III became king when he was at the early age of
12 years old
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Ramses II
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Ramses was not afraid going against the hittites; he was fearless
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Ramses reigned over egypt for 66 years and lived to be 90 years
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His accomplishments passed all pharaohs and Egypt was
successful during King Ramses reign
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Inside the Pyramid
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• Inside of the pyramids there were rooms for servants and family
members
• Non royal officials
• King was buried center of pyramid
• Animals buried too
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• Fake burial chambers
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• curses
• traps
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Treasure
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• Many rooms filled with treasure
• King buried with many valuables
• Pets were buried with king
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