1. MANY GREAT MONUMENTS WERE BUILT DURING HIS REIGN
2. HE HAD OVER 200 WIVES AND CONCUBINES; AND OVER 100 CHILDREN
3. Ramses II
3.1. HE WAS MADE PRINCE REGENT WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN
3.2. HE DECISIVELY DEFEATED THE SHERDEN SEA PIRATES
3.3. HE SIGNED THE FIRST KNOWN INTERNATIONAL PEACE TREATY
3.3.1. HE NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH AND FOUGHT VALIANTLY AT KADESH
4. Akhenaten (Reign 1351-1334 BC)
4.1. Akhenaten
4.1.1. HE RULED OVER ANCIENT EGYPT FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS
4.1.2. AKHENATEN WAS THE HUSBAND OF THE FAMOUS NEFERTITI
4.1.3. INSTITUTED THE FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION IN HISTORY
4.1.4. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF AMARNA
4.1.5. ART WAS REVOLUTIONIZED DURING THE REIGN OF AKHENATEN
5. Tutankhamun (Reign 1332-1323 BC)
5.1. Tutankhamun
5.1.1. HE BECAME PHARAOH AT A YOUNG AGE AND RULED FOR AROUND A DECADE
5.1.2. TUTANKHAMUN RESTORED AMUN AS THE SUPREME GOD OF EGYPT
5.1.3. HE WAS KNOWN AS KING TUT
5.1.4. TUTANKHAMUN’S MASK IS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED OBJECTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
5.1.5. TUTANKHAMUN PROBABLY SUFFERED FROM MALARIA
6. Ramses II (Reign 1279-1213 BC)
7. Cleopatra VII (Reign 51-30 BC)
7.1. Cleopatra VII
7.1.1. CONTRARY TO THE POPULAR VIEW SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY STRIKING
7.1.2. CLEOPATRA STYLED HERSELF AS THE NEW ISIS
7.1.3. HER PERCEPTION IN HISTORY IS LARGELY BASED ON GOSSIP
7.1.4. CLEOPATRA HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE ROMAN GENERAL AND DICTATOR, JULIUS CAESAR
7.1.5. THE ROMAN SENATE DECLARED WAR ON HER IN 31 BC
7.1.6. CLEOPATRA COMMITTED SUICIDE BY POISONING HERSELF