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Flourished 2600 BCE - 2401 BCE
Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
Muhammad Atef
al-Qaeda leader
Origen
Christian theologian
Akhenaten
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
ancient Egyptian empire under Thutmose III
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Saad Zaghloul
Saad Zaghloul
Egyptian statesman
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Shenouda III
Egyptian religious leader
St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius
Egyptian theologian
Muḥammad ʿAlī
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Umm Kulthūm
Umm Kulthūm
Egyptian musician
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt
bust of Nefertiti
Nefertiti
queen of Egypt
Tutankhamun: gold funerary mask
Tutankhamun
king of Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat
president of Egypt