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Flourished 317 BCE - 275 BCE
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Emad Fayed
Egyptian film producer
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Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
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Origen
Christian theologian
Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum.
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a suit and gold tie, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Tutankhamun
king of Egypt
Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian statesman
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, wearing a suit and tie, speaks at a podium labeled Clinton Global Initiative with a microphone in front of him.
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt
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Shenouda III
Egyptian religious leader
St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah
Egyptian football (soccer) player
Engraving of Mohammed Ali, founder of modern Egypt, shown with a full white beard, wearing a traditional hat and embroidered jacket, facing slightly to the viewer's left.
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt
Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum
Egyptian musician
bust of Nefertiti
Nefertiti
queen of Egypt