Pepi II

Pepi II (d. 2152 B.C.E.) Fourth ruler of the Sixth Dynasty,
Egypt’s longest ruling pharaoh
He reigned from 2246 B.C.E. until his death and was the
son of PEPI I and ANKHNESMERY-RÉ (2). Pepi II was only
six years old when he inherited the throne from his
brother Merenré. His mother served as his regent during
his minority, and his uncle, the vizier Djau, maintained a
stable government.
Pepi II married NEITH (2), IPUT (2), WEDJEBTEN, and
probably ANKHNES-PEPI. During his 94 year reign, the
longest rule ever recorded in Egypt, Pepi II centralized
the government. He sent trading expeditions to NUBIA
and PUNT and he had a vast naval fleet at his disposal as
he established trade routes.

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Pepi I (Meryré)

Pepi I (Meryré) (d. 2255 B.C.E.) Second ruler of the
Sixth Dynasty
He reigned from 2289 B.C.E. until his death. Pepi I was
the son and successor of TETI and Queen IPUT (1), who
served as his regent in his first years. An unknown royal
figure, USERKARÉ, possibly served as a coregent before
Pepi I inherited the throne.

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Seti I (Menma’atré, Meryen-Ptah)

Seti I (Menma’atré, Meryen-Ptah) (d. 1290 B.C.E.)
Second ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty
He reigned from 1306 B.C.E. until his death. Seti I’s reign
was heralded as a “Repeating of Births,” a term denoting
divine inspiration and used originally in the Twelfth
Dynasty (1991–1783 B.C.E.). He was the son of RAMESSES I
and Queen SITRÉ.
A commoner at birth, Seti I was raised in the military
commands of Egypt and came to the throne as a tough
campaigner bent on restoring Egypt’s empire. He marched
out of Tjel, a border FORTRESS, with three divisions and
overran Palestine, Syria, and the surrounding territories.

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Amunhotep III

Amenhotep III (sometimes read as Amenophis III; Egyptian Amāna-Ḥātpa; meaning Amun is Satisfied) also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC[4] after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep III was the son of Thutmose by Mutemwia, a minor wife of Amenhotep's father.[5]

His reign was a period of unprecedented prosperity and artistic splendour, when Egypt reached the peak of her artistic and international power. When he died (probably in the 39th year of his reign), his son initially ruled as Amenhotep IV, but later changed his own royal name to Akhenaten.

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'Tutankhamun and his tomb

Tut’ankhamun (Nebkhepruré) (d. 1323 B.C.E.) Twelfth
ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the most famous
pharaoh of Egypt
He reigned from 1333 B.C.E. until his untimely death. The
most popular pharaoh in modern times because of the
discovery of his tomb, he was probably the son of AKHENATEN.
As the successor of SMENKHARÉ, he was only eight
or nine at his succession. He was married to ANKHESENAMON,
the third daughter of NEFERTITI and Akhenaten, and
for a time the young couple remained at ’AMARNA. Then
they moved to MEMPHIS and refurbished the apartments
of AMENHOTEP III at THEBES for their use. He had abandoned
his ATEN name by his fourth regnal year.
The RESTORATION STELA, which dates to this period,
gives an account of Tut’ankhamun’s efforts to stabilize
the government and to restore the temples and cultic
rites of the old gods of Egypt after the ’Amarna period.
He even subsidized new priests and the palace staff from
his own pocket. It is believed that AYA (2) was one of his
counselors at the time, and he probably suggested the
reform measures. Tut’ankhamun had been given the
name Tut’ankhaten, but assumed his new name as part of
the restoration of the old ways. He also moved some of
the bodies of the royal family from ’Amarna to Thebes, as
evidenced by a cache of royal jewelry apparently stolen
during the reburial and then hidden in the royal wadi
area.

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