Who ruled Egypt when the Library of Alexandria was destroyed? Who was the pharaoh before Ramses II? Who overthrew the pharaohs? What did Cleopatra wear? What is a female pharaoh called? Who was the first pharaoh of Egypt? Who was King Xerxes' wife?
Who was Amenhotep IV married to? Who did Nebuchadnezzar II marry? What was in the tomb of Tutankhamun? Who became pharaoh after King Tut? Who was Hatshepsut's stepson? What pyramid was Tutankhamun buried in? Who was the pharaoh before Cleopatra?
“Final Straw” is pretty good, too, but I haven’t given the other 10 songs on the album any thought. As the only R.E.M. album I don’t own on LP, I would buy this again if it was reissued. I’m sure the queue at the register would be very short, which I why I don’t...
Nefertiti is one of the most fascinating Egyptian rulers in history. She was a queen, but also a priestess - and might have even been a pharaoh. She and ...
Who Was Cleopatra? The struggle with her teenage brother over the throne of Egypt was not going as well as Cleopatra VII had hoped. In 49 B.C., Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII—also her husband and, by the terms of their father's will, her co-ruler—had driven his sister from the palace at ...
Who was the first female Egyptian pharaoh? Did you know? Hatshepsut was only the third woman to become pharaoh in 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history, and the first to attain the full power of the position. Cleopatra, who also exercised such power, would rule some 14 centuries later....
Queen Nefertiti and her famous husband Pharaoh Akhenaten were known for bringing a religious revolution to Egypt. They worshipped a single god; Aten (known as The Sun Disc) and they promoted a new style of Egyptian artwork that was very different from anything that came before. Queen Nefertiti...
In my mind I was thinking of the end of January, but all of a sudden a storm popped up on the horizon. Seven days of non-stop snowing, averaging a foot day. Perfect—but where are the bags? Already in Tokyo—great, they should be at the hotel before us. Ok, just find a flight...
Hatshepsut was beautiful and intelligent. As a young woman, she wore a golden torus in her black hair and her hair was to her shoulders. She was a good pharaoh and human. They lived in a palace in desert, and from a big window you could see the sand and desert, and on both sides...
She may have even ruled as a pharaoh after the death of her husband and before the reign of King Tutankhamun, under the name Djeserkheperure Smenkhare. In any case, inscriptions depict a queen who is both involved in and in charge of the royal court. She was also considered a high ...