Wednesday 10 October 2012

Some of the Pharaohs

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

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