Who is the most famous pharaoh of Ancient Egypt?
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The most famous of them was Queen Cleopatra VII, who ruled Egypt in 51 B.C. Here are the brief accounts of some famous pharaohs who ruled Egypt with utmost zeal. Khufu (reigned 2589 – 2566 B.C): Khufu was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty.
Defying centuries of traditional worship of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten decreed during his reign in the mid-14th century B.C.E. that his subjects were to worship only one god: the sun-disk Aten. Akhenaten is sometimes called the world’s first monotheist.
Keops. Cheops or Jufu is the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty and reigned between 2589 a.C to 2566 a. C.
Menes
Many scholars believe the first pharaoh was Narmer, also called Menes. Though there is some debate among experts, many believe he was the first ruler to unite upper and lower Egypt (this is why pharaohs hold the title of “lord of two lands”).
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun is, without doubt, the most universally famous pharaoh, not because of his achievements – as he died at 19 years-of-age – but simply because the historic discovery of his tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter, revealed vast unspoilt wealth – when most tombs in the Valley of the Kings had been plundered.