Who da man?

Pharaoh da man!

Rameses II

• Ruled 1304 – 1237 B.C.

• 25 yrs old

• Moses’ nemesis in Old Testament

How Great was he?

• At Abu Simbel, built temples and 67 ft. tall statues of himself–13 yrs to complete

• 1,000 children over 92 years–Royal house symbolic of fertility

of Egypt–Outlawed 12 sons

Menes… he’s Menes…

• 3,100 B.C. – united Upper and Lower Egypt

• Set capital at Memphis where kingdoms met

No way… a woman pharaoh!?!

• 1500 B.C. – Queen Hatshepsut takes throne

• 1st great female ruler in history

• Wore men’s clothes, wore a beard, called “his majesty”

He’s… different… isn’t he?

• Akhenaten II (r. 1352 – 1336)

• Husband of Nefertiti

• Began reign as Amenhotep IV

Religious Revolution?

• Elevated Aten (minor god of sun) to dominance over all other gods

• Declared monotheism

Quite different…

• Drawings of Akhenaten and family showed intimacy–No other pharaoh

showed this• Changed image to

more neutral look

King Tut… doo-doo-doo• Took throne at age 9

after marrying Akhenaten’s daughter

• Died at age 18 from blow to head

• Still in Valley of the Kings