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Also Known As Tarku • Tirhaka
Title / Office king (689BC-664BC), Egypt

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Amyrtaeus of Sais
king of Egypt
Akhenaten
Akhenaten
king of Egypt
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Ancient Egyptian empire under Thutmose III (reigned 1479–25 bce)
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
president of Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
president of Egypt
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Arsinoe II
queen of Thrace, Macedonia and Egypt
Darius I
Darius I
king of Persia
Mohamed Morsi
Mohamed Morsi
president of Egypt
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
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Baybars I
Mamlūk sultan of Egypt and Syria
Saladin
Saladin
Ayyūbid sultan
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
president of Egypt
Muḥammad ʿAlī
Muḥammad ʿAlī
pasha and viceroy of Egypt
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt