Throughout Ancient Egypt, men and women took the helm of leadership as pharaohs. However, the most famous are not necessarily the best rulers in …
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9 Egyptian Pharaohs Who Changed the Course of History
The most famous of Pharaohs now weren’t always the most influential then. These men and women instituted important shifts in the history of pre-Hellenistic Egypt.
The Amarna Period is known for its religious iconoclasm. The pharaoh Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten to reflect his worship of a sole god, …
Ancient Egypt’s most controversial ruler installed a theological revolution, married one of history’s most beautiful women, developed the arts, and …
Ramesses II, or Ramesses the Great, is one Ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs. An able military commander and the divine king
The men who prepared the tombs in the Valley of the Kings used a collaborative process to decorate one of the most famous archaeological sites
Egypt had a longstanding interest in the Levant, where it had established several buffer provinces under the control of its vassals, possibly in …
Hatshepsut was a female Pharaoh who rose to become one of the most important female figures in Egyptian history. Despite her successors’ attempts to …
