The most famous pharaohs of ancient Egypt
The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: Narmer · Djoser · Sneferu. (Updated Jul 7, 2018.)
From the pyramid builders to Cleopatra: the rulers who marked three thousand years of Egyptian history.
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Top 15
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Narmer
Around 3100 BC. Regarded as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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Djoser
3rd Dynasty. His architect Imhotep built the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
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Sneferu
4th Dynasty. The king of the pyramids at Meidum and Dahshur.
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Thutmose III
The great conqueror, who took Egypt to its greatest extent.
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5
Akhenaten
The "heretic" pharaoh who imposed the cult of Aten, with Nefertiti.
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Khufu
He had the Great Pyramid of Giza built.
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Khafre
His pyramid and, by tradition, the Great Sphinx of Giza.
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Menkaure
The third and smallest of the great pyramids of Giza.
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Tutankhamun
A boy king made famous by his intact tomb, found in 1922.
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10
Seti I
His tomb is one of the finest in the Valley of the Kings.
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11
Ramesses II
Abu Simbel, the Battle of Kadesh and a 66-year reign.
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12
Cleopatra VII
The last queen of Egypt, ally of Caesar and Mark Antony.
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13
Hatshepsut
A female pharaoh, builder of the temple at Deir el-Bahari.
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14
Amenhotep III
A prosperous reign and the Colossi of Memnon.
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15
Ptolemy I Soter
Alexander the Great's general and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
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