Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs :: Ancient Egypt Egyptian History

Ancient Egyptian PharaohsIn Ancient Egypt on that point were over 29 Kings and Pharaohs and over 5 Queens. Some of the most storied kings and queens were Ramses II, Ramses III, King Tut, Cleopatra, and Nefertiti. Ramses II (reigned 1279-1212 BC), ancient Egyptian king, third principle of the 19th dynasty, the son of Seti I. During the early part of his reign Ramses fought to reign the dominion in Africa and Western Asia that Egypt had held during the 16th and 15th centuries BC. His principle opponents were the Hittites, a goodish people of Asia Minor, against whom he waged a long war upon. The major involvement of this war was fought in 1274 at Kadesh, in Northern Syria, was hailed by Ramses as much(prenominal) a great triumph. In 1258 BC a treaty was signed whereby the contested lands were divided and Ramses agreed to marry the daughter of the Hittite king. The remaining forms of his rule were distinguished by the construction of such monuments as the rock-hewn tabernacle o f Ab Simbel, the great hypostyle hall in the tabernacle of Amon at Al Karnak, and the mortuary temple at Thebes, known as Ramesseum. Ramses III (reigned 1182-1151 BC), Egyptian king of the 20th dynasty, a great war machine leader who repeatedly saved the country from invasion. In the 5th year of his reign, Ramses defeated an attack by the Libyans from the west, and two years later he routed invaders known as the Sea Peoples. In his 11th year he again repelled an attempted attack by the Libyans. Ramses was also a constructor of temples and palaces in the tradition of his 19th-dynasty predecessor, Ramses II. His victories are depicted on the walls of his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu, snuggle Luxor. Egyptian records tell of a strike by workers at Ramsess burial site and a plot against the king near the end of his reign. Ramses III was the last of the great rulers and after his death at that place were centuries of weakness and foreign domination. King Tut or Tutankhamun (reigned 1343-1325 BC), Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, the son-in-law of Akhenaton, whom he succeeded. He became Pharaoh about(predicate) the age of 9 and ruled until his death which was about the age of 18. Peace was brought to Egypt during his reign as the worship of Amon, abandoned chthonian Akhenaton, was restored and Thebes, the city sacred to Amon, was again made Egypts capitol.