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Also Known As Menkure • Mycerinus • Mykerinos
Flourished c.2600 BCE - c.2551 BCE
Title / Office king (2575BC-2465BC), Egypt

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Stone sculpture of King Menkaure standing between two goddesses, all in traditional ancient Egyptian attire, with hieroglyphs at their feet, displayed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Pyramid of Menkaure
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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
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Great Pyramid of Giza
Khufu
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Khafre
Khafre
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Sculpted head of Akhenaten, ancient Egyptian pharaoh, with elongated facial features and a tall, ornate headdress, displayed at the Alexandria National Museum.
Akhenaten
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Ramses II
Ramses II
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Sesostris III
Sesostris III
king of Egypt
Norman de Garis Davies: Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I
Thutmose I
king of Egypt
Sesostris I
Sesostris I
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Thutmose IV
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Merneptah
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Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III
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Thutmose II
Thutmose II
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Ramses IV
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Psamtik I
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Ay
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Ankhnesmerire II holding Pepi II
Pepi II
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Ramses XI
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Ahmose I
Ahmose I
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Amenemhet I
Amenemhet I
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