By Kimberly Cross Pharaoh A Pharaoh was the
By Kimberly Cross
Pharaoh • A Pharaoh was the most important and powerful person in the kingdom. He was the head of the government and high priest of every temple. The people of Egypt considered the pharaoh to be a half-man, half-god. The Pharaoh owned all of Egypt.
Pyramids • The Pharaohs, the rulers of Egypt, built the pyramids as tombs for themselves. The Pharaoh’s built all the pyramids during the Old Kingdom, so that the greatest remains of Ancient Egypt are also some of the earliest to have been built. • The first Pharaohs built simpler tombs, called mastabas. These mastabas were square buildings with a room inside for the coffin and the mummy and some things to take with you to the afterlife.
Slaves of the Pharaoh • The most famous story about Egyptian slaves is the one in the Bible about how the Jews were slaves in Egypt, about 1400 -1200 B. C. Because the Egyptians had just conquered Israel at this time, probably many Jews were enslaved about this time. Then when the Egyptian New Kingdom collapsed, they stopped being able to enslave the Jews.
Tutankhamun • The most famous Egyptian pharaoh today is, without doubt, Tutankhamun. However, before the spectacular discovery of his almost intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922, Tutankhamun was only a little known figure of the late 18 th Dynasty.
• Tutankhamun was probably born at Akhetaten which was the capital city of Egypt. He was born in about the year 1346 BC. He became pharaoh at the tender age of nine in 1337 BC and reigned during the 18 th Dynasty when the Egyptian Empire was at its height. He reigned from about 1337 to 1328 BC. • His tomb was discovered by a team of British archaeologists in 1922, nearly 3000 years after his death.
Cleopatra • Cleopatra was the name of several women in ancient Egypt. The most famous one was Cleopatra VII, born in 69 B. C. in Alexandria. Her father was Ptolemy XII, who was pharaoh when Cleopatra was born.
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