SELECTED FAMOUS

EGYPTIANS

KING TUT Tutankhamen

“The Boy King”

Accomplished little during his reign

He is the most famous Pharaoh ever

THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS

THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS A Royal necropolis Located on the West Bank of Thebes tombs were carved out of solid

limestone

http://www.delange.org/ValleyKings/EP16.htm

HOWARD CARTER An Egyptologist Discoverer of

Tut’s tomb Spent 15 yrs

searching Funded by Lord

Carnarvon "Yes, wonderful

things“ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pharaohs/diggi

ng.html

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Egypt.KV62.01.jpg

KING TUT CONT’D His reign started

as an 8 year old He died as a

teenager Death is a mystery:

Murder? Accident from

chariot? “1968, Ronald Harrison (British

scientist) took X-rays of King Tut’s skull. While doing an examination he discovered fragments of bone inside the skull possibly indicating trauma to the head.”

4 total coffins Third coffin 240

pounds of solid gold

Items include: a chariot works of art

http://dsc.discovery.com/anthology/unsolvedhistory/kingtut/tomb/tomb.html

King Tut’s Tomb

RAMSES II Powerful and

ambitious ruled for 67

years He would

expand Egypt’s empire and construct many temples

TEMPLE AT KARNAK

RAMSES II He was the

first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars

RAMSES II Pharaoh of

Egypt in Exodus (?)

Married to Nefertari, whose tomb is considered the most beautiful in Egypt

CLEOPATRA She co-ruled

with her brother Ptolemy

Bro. & Sis fought one another for pharoahship

Roman Emperor Julius Caesar sided with Cleopatra

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema-_Anthony_and_Cleopatra.JPG

CLEOPATRA Caesar was

murdered, so she charmed Marc Antony

Marc Antony later committed suicide

Hearing this, Cleopatra allowed an asp to kill her

CLEOPATRA Her defeat

marks the end of Egyptian rule, and the beginning of Rome’s great civilization

She is known as the last pharaoh

MENES Known as the 1st

Pharaoh United Upper

and Lower Egypt into one Empire

founded the city of Memphis, near present day Cairo.

Egyptian History Early Dynasty

MENES’ CROWN By uniting, he

brought together the two crownsWhite-UpperRed-Lower

NEFERTITI name means

"the beautiful woman has come“

Great Royal wife of Amenhotep

she is depicted nearly twice as often in reliefs as her husband

NEFERTITI Probably the

stepmother to Tutankhamen

attributed to the sculptor Thutmose

2nd most copied piece of Egyptian art

HATSHEPSUT considered

one of the best female pharaohs

Her reign was the longest of all female pharaohs

She was not the first and not the only female pharaoh

HATSHEPSUT Declared herself

Pharaoh when husband died

She dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard

Egyptian economy flourished, she expanded trade and built magnificent temples

HATSHPESUT TEMPLE AT LUXOR

consists mainly of three terraces linked by ramps

HATSHEPSUT

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Osiris (oh-sigh-ris)-

ruler of the underworld

Isis (eye-sis)-Wife of Osiris, found the scattered body parts

Horus- (Hawk’s head) son and avenger of Osiris ruled justly on dad’s

death

EGYPTIAN MYTH Seth-enemy of

Osiris, his brother. Coveted throne and cut Osiris body up tiny pieces, spreading parts over 14 locations

Anubis-protector of dead, assists to afterlife