Name: Hatshepsut
Years: Reigned for 22 years
Interesting fact 1: Reigned longer than any other female pharaoh
Interesting fact 2: Didn't wear a top O.o
Name: Amenhotep III
Years: 1389 BC - 1351 BC
Interesting fact 1: He had bribed other rulers with gold
Interesting fact 2: He had 317 wives (again, O.o)
Name: Cleopatra
Years: 69 BC - 30 BC
Interesting fact 1: The last pharaoh to rule Ancient Egypt
Interesting fact 2: Historians say Cleopatra was ugly and looked like a man
Name: Ahmose I
Years: Reigned for 25 years
Interesting fact 1: Also called Neb-Pehty-Re
Interesting fact 2: United Upper and Lower Egypt again after it was separated
Name: Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)
Years: 1352 BC - 1336 BC, 18th Dynasty
Interesting fact 1: Created a new capital city
Interesting fact 2: Successfully banished the worship of Ancient Egyptian gods
Name: Tutankhamen
Years: 1361 BC - 1352 BC
Interesting fact 1: Mysterious death
Interesting fact 2: No accomplishments made
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Timeline of Pyramids (in order from oldest to newest)
Step Pyramid
Builder: Djoser
When it was built: Around 4600 years ago
Location: Saqqara
It was made of limestone blocks mined at a quarry across the river at Tura.
Maidum Pyramid
Builder: Snefru
When was it built: Around 2600 BC
Location: Maidum
It was made of limestone and at first, Snefru wanted to make a different type of pyramid but the building failed and caused some parts to break and turn into rubble. The way he built it was very similar as to how Djoser built his but he was going to do something different at the end.
Bent Pyramid
Pyramid of Khafre
Pyramid of Menkaure
Builder: Djoser
When it was built: Around 4600 years ago
Location: Saqqara
It was made of limestone blocks mined at a quarry across the river at Tura.
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| The Step Pyramid of Djoser |
Builder: Snefru
When was it built: Around 2600 BC
Location: Maidum
It was made of limestone and at first, Snefru wanted to make a different type of pyramid but the building failed and caused some parts to break and turn into rubble. The way he built it was very similar as to how Djoser built his but he was going to do something different at the end.
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| The Meidum Pyramid |
Builder: Snefru
When was it built: Around 2600 BC
Location: Dashur necropolis
Snefru tried to make another type of pyramid again but failed in his attempt to make an equal square pyramid. It is made of limestone from quarries.
Red Pyramid
When was it built: Around 2600 BC
Location: Dashur necropolis
Snefru tried to make another type of pyramid again but failed in his attempt to make an equal square pyramid. It is made of limestone from quarries.
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| The Bent Pyramid |
Builder: Snefru
When was it built: Around 2600 Bc
Location: Dashur Necropolis
Snefru finally succeeded in making an equal square pyramid by carrying the limestone blocks the usual way and carving the surface so it was a square pyramid.
Great Pyramid
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| The Red Pyramid |
Builder: Khufu
When was it built: Around 2550 BC
Location: Giza
Khufu, the son of Snefru built this pyramid in the same way his father did and it is the biggest pyramid in the world.
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| The Great Pyramid of Giza |
Builder: Khafre
When was it built: Around 2520 BC
Location: Giza
The usual classic pyramid at that time which is smooth and equal but with some bumpy parts. It is one of the Pyramids of Giza.
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| The Pyramid of Khafre |
Builder: Menkaure
When was it built: Around 2490 BC
Location: Giza
It was also built in the same way like any other equal pyramid was but it came out ragged and not smooth. It was made of limestone and granite.
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| The Pyramid of Menkaure |
The Pyramids of Giza
Interesting facts:
- When we think of pyramids, the Great Pyramids are usually the first ones we think of
- The Great Pyramid is the biggest pyramid in the world
- The Great Pyramid is the one in the right (looks smaller because of the angle the picture is taken from)
- The Great Pyramid is around as tall as a 40-story building
- The Pyramid of Khafre is the one in the middle
- The Pyramids of Menkaure is the one one the left
- A sphinx 'guards' the Great Pyramid
Some of the Temples
Luxor Temple
Where: East bank of the Nile, Luxor
What: Ancient Egyptian temple
What was it built for: Dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the gods, his consort Mut, and their son Khons
What was it made of: Sandstone
Temple of Edfu
Where: West bank of the Nile, Edfu
What: Ancient Egyptian temple
What was it built for: Dedicated to the falcon god Horus
What was it made of: Sandstone
Where: East bank of the Nile, Luxor
What: Ancient Egyptian temple
What was it built for: Dedicated to Amon-Re, king of the gods, his consort Mut, and their son Khons
What was it made of: Sandstone
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| Luxor Temple |
Where: West bank of the Nile, Edfu
What: Ancient Egyptian temple
What was it built for: Dedicated to the falcon god Horus
What was it made of: Sandstone
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| Temple of Edfu |
Hatshepsut
Years of reign: 1479 - 1458/57 (Approximately 21 years)
Husband: Tuthmose II (Her half-brother!)
Children: None
Interesting facts:
- She was the most famous female pharaoh
- She portrayed herself as a man in paintings and real life
- She wore a fake golden beard
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