Historical Figures from Egypt

Pharaoh · 1380 BC – 1334 BC

Akhenaten was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who launched a religious revolution, replacing Egypt's many gods with the worship of a single deity, the sun-disc Aten — one of the earliest experiments with monotheism.

• Worship of the Aten
• City of Amarna

Ruler · 69 BC – 30 BC

Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, a shrewd and learned monarch whose alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony placed her at the center of Roman politics.

• Last pharaoh of Egypt
• Alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony

Mathematician · 325 BC – 265 BC

Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician, the "father of geometry", whose treatise the Elements is the most influential mathematics textbook ever written.

• The Elements
• Euclidean geometry

Pharaoh · 1507 BC – 1458 BC

Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule ancient Egypt as pharaoh in her own right, a peaceful and prosperous reign marked by ambitious building projects and far-reaching trade.

• Female pharaoh
• Expedition to Punt

Mathematician · 360 – 415

Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer and Neoplatonist philosopher of late-antique Alexandria, the most prominent woman scholar of the ancient world, whose brutal murder came to symbolize the end of classical learning.

• Leading the Neoplatonist school of Alexandria
• Mathematics and astronomy

Queen · 1370 BC – 1330 BC

Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen, principal wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten, who wielded unusual power during his religious revolution and whose painted limestone bust is one of the most admired images of the ancient world.

• Berlin bust
• Amarna religious revolution

Pharaoh · 1303 BC – 1213 BC

Ramesses II was the most powerful pharaoh of Egypt's New Kingdom, whose 66-year reign brought military campaigns, colossal building projects and a prosperity that earned him the title Ramesses the Great.

• Battle of Kadesh
• Abu Simbel temples

Pharaoh · 1341 BC – 1323 BC

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty whose near-intact tomb, discovered in 1922, became the most famous archaeological find in history and made him the best-known of all ancient Egyptians.

• Intact tomb (KV62)
• Golden funerary mask