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Flourished	c.2300 BCE - c.2201 BCE

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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

Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut

ruler of Egypt

bust of Nefertiti

Nefertiti

queen of Egypt

blunted pyramid

Snefru

king of Egypt

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Imhotep

Egyptian architect, physician, and statesman

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Ramses IV

king of Egypt

Horemheb

Horemheb

king of Egypt

Ṣaqqārah: pyramid of Userkaf

Userkaf

king of Egypt

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Neuserre

king of Egypt

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Amenemope

Egyptian author

Ptahhotep on a palanquin, relief from his tomb.

Ptahhotep

Egyptian vizier

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Peribsen

king of Egypt

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Amyrtaeus of Sais

king of Egypt

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Emad Fayed

Egyptian film producer

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

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