Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

He is often portrayed as a tyrant and its likely that, as a Persian king, his disregard for local traditions did not endear him to the Egyptians.

• Xerxes I

• Knufu

• Cleopatra VII

This pharaoh used his power to excess. He had over 100 wives, more than 100 children and had statues built throughout Egypt in his image.

• Ramses II

• Nefertiti

• Thutmose III

This pharaoh was responsible for the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza, on of the wonders of the ancient world.

• Hatshepsut

• Khufu

• Djoser

This pharaoh was the first female pharaoh of Egypt, she was the wife of Thutmose II and reigned in the Eighteenth Dynasty

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra VII

• Akhenaten

The youngest pharaoh in Egyptian history when he ascended to the throne at just 9 or 10 years old. He became the most famous Egyptian pharaoh of all.

• Tutankhamun

• Akhenaten

• Ramses II

The last active ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt, she ruled over the dying days of the Egyptian empire, yet her fame has lived on through folklore stories.

• Hatshepsut

• Nefertiti

• Cleopatra VII

The son of Amenhotep III, and was named Amenhotep IV at birth but changed his name in accordance with his radical monotheistic beliefs.

• Akhenaten

• Thutmose III

• Ramses II

The principal wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep IV

• Nefertiti

• Cleopatra VII

• Khufu

He oversaw the construction of the famous step pyramid at Saqqara, a hugely significant milestone in ancient Egyptian architecture.

• Khufu

• Thutmose III

• Djoser

Dedicated himself to military training while his step mother was pharaoh, only taking over the role of the main ruler when Hatshepsut died in 1458

• Thutmose III

• Ramses II

• Djoser