# The most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt

From the pyramid builders to Cleopatra: the rulers who marked three thousand years of Egyptian history.

- 8 votes · 15 items
- Jul 7, 2018 · Amandine Durand
- https://even.best/en/l/1749/the-most-famous-pharaohs-of-ancient-egypt

## Top 15

1. **Narmer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Around 3100 BC. Regarded as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt.
2. **Djoser** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 3rd Dynasty. His architect Imhotep built the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
3. **Sneferu** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 4th Dynasty. The king of the pyramids at Meidum and Dahshur.
4. **Thutmose III** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The great conqueror, who took Egypt to its greatest extent.
5. **Akhenaten** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The "heretic" pharaoh who imposed the cult of Aten, with Nefertiti.
6. **Khufu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — He had the Great Pyramid of Giza built.
7. **Khafre** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His pyramid and, by tradition, the Great Sphinx of Giza.
8. **Menkaure** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The third and smallest of the great pyramids of Giza.
9. **Tutankhamun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy king made famous by his intact tomb, found in 1922.
10. **Seti I** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His tomb is one of the finest in the Valley of the Kings.
11. **Ramesses II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Abu Simbel, the Battle of Kadesh and a 66-year reign.
12. **Cleopatra VII** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The last queen of Egypt, ally of Caesar and Mark Antony.
13. **Hatshepsut** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A female pharaoh, builder of the temple at Deir el-Bahari.
14. **Amenhotep III** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A prosperous reign and the Colossi of Memnon.
15. **Ptolemy I Soter** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Alexander the Great's general and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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