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Flourished c.1900 BCE - c.1801 BCE
Title / Office king (1836BC-1818BC), Egypt

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Sesostris III
gold pectoral
Egypt: crowns
Map showing historical sites associated with Egypt from Predynastic to Byzantine times, spanning the Nile River valley and delta, Sinai Peninsula, and surrounding regions including Libya, Nubia, the Levant, and the eastern Mediterranean. Major ancient cities, archaeological sites, cataracts of the Nile, and neighboring civilizations are labeled.
Map of northern Egypt highlighting major archaeological and historical sites from the Predynastic to Byzantine periods. The map focuses on the Nile delta region, showing ancient cities and settlements such as Alexandria, Memphis, Giza, Heliopolis, and Tanis, with rivers and major branches of the Nile depicted.
Map showing archaeological and historical sites along the Nile River in Egypt, from Predynastic to Byzantine times. Locations include Thebes, Karnak, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Abydos, Naqadah, and others, with an inset focusing on the area around Thebes.
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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
king of Egypt
Norman de Garis Davies: Dragging a Statue of Thutmose I
Thutmose I
king of Egypt
Sesostris I
Sesostris I
king of Egypt
Ahmose I
Ahmose I
king of Egypt
Darius the Great
Darius I
king of Persia
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
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Merneptah
king of Egypt
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Pepi I
king of Egypt
Amenhotep II
Amenhotep II
king of Egypt
Psamtik II, portrait head found in Nile Delta; in the British Museum
Psamtik II
king of Egypt
Amenhotep I
Amenhotep I
king of Egypt
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Cambyses II
king of Persia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
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
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt
Ramses III
Ramses III
king of Egypt
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Thutmose IV
king of Egypt
Thutmose II
Thutmose II
king of Egypt
Amasis
Amasis
king of Egypt
Necho II
Necho II
king of Egypt

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