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    Some of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs include Ramesses II, who ruled for 67 years and built many monuments and statues, and Tutankhamun, who became pharaoh at age 9. Another famous structure is the Great Sphinx at Giza, carved from a single stone block and measuring 240 feet long and 66 feet high. Pharaohs such as Khufu were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids, like the Great Pyramid, which took around 20 years to build and contains burial chambers.

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    Some of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs include Ramesses II, who ruled for 67 years and built many monuments and statues, and Tutankhamun, who became pharaoh at age 9. Another famous structure is the Great Sphinx at Giza, carved from a single stone block and measuring 240 feet long and 66 feet high. Pharaohs such as Khufu were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids, like the Great Pyramid, which took around 20 years to build and contains burial chambers.

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    Some of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs include Ramesses II, who ruled for 67 years and built many monuments and statues, and Tutankhamun, who became pharaoh at age 9. Another famous structure is the Great Sphinx at Giza, carved from a single stone block and measuring 240 feet long and 66 feet high. Pharaohs such as Khufu were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids, like the Great Pyramid, which took around 20 years to build and contains burial chambers.

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    Age of Pharaohs

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    Some of ancient Egypt's most famous pharaohs include Ramesses II, who ruled for 67 years and built many monuments and statues, and Tutankhamun, who became pharaoh at age 9. Another famous structure is the Great Sphinx at Giza, carved from a single stone block and measuring 240 feet long and 66 feet high. Pharaohs such as Khufu were buried in elaborate tombs and pyramids, like the Great Pyramid, which took around 20 years to build and contains burial chambers.

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    Some key takeaways are that pharaohs were powerful rulers of ancient Egypt, many famous pharaohs like Tutankhamun and Ramesses II ruled for many years, and the pharaohs built grand monuments and statues like the Great Sphinx.

    Pharaohs were originally buried in large pyramids like the Great Pyramid, but later they began to be buried in tombs located in the Valley of the Kings.

    King Tut received extra special treatment after death - he had three nested coffins for his mummified body, showing his high status as a pharaoh.

    Famous Pharaohs

    Famous Pharaohs
    Long ago, the rulers of ancient Egypt had a special title.
    They were known as pharaohs. A pharaoh was all powerful.
    He (or she) watched over the law of the land
    and was chief of the temples. Over a span
    of more than three thousand years there
    were many pharaohs.

    Ramesses II

    Ramesses II ruled over


    Egypt as its pharaoh for
    67 years. He became
    famous for building
    Tutankhamun many monuments
    Tutankhamun (more commonly known and statues.
    today as King Tut) became a pharaoh at
    only 9 years old!
    The Amazing Sphinx

    The Amazing Sphinx


    The pharaohs built amazing monuments
    and statues. One of the most well known
    is the sphinx. This monument was carved
    out of a single block of natural limestone
    at a place called Giza.
    Sphinx at Giza
    The sphinx combines the face of a human
    with the body of a lion to symbolize great
    wisdom and power. And it’s really huge!
    The sculpture is 240 feet long and 66
    feet high, and its face is 20 feet wide!
    Mummy Case

    Mummy Case
    Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died, part of the person’s spirit remained with
    the body. So dead bodies were mummified, or preserved, to protect them from total decay.

    A pharaoh’s mummy was always given extra special treatment. For example, King Tut had
    three coffins—each nested inside the other. This picture shows one of them.

    King Tut coffin


    Model Servants

    Model Servants
    Many things were buried with
    pharaohs to help them in the
    afterlife—including food,
    jewelry, and sometimes small
    pets or a favorite servant!

    Tiny figures like these were also


    often included. It was thought
    that work may need to be done in
    the afterlife. If so, these small
    carvings would spring to life to
    help!

    Shabti figures
    Inside the Great Pyramid

    Inside the Great Pyramid


    Model of the
    Pyramids were sometimes built as part of a pharaoh’s
    Great Pyramid
    burial process. The Great Pyramid, built for the Chamber to relieve
    Pharaoh Khufu more than 4,000 years ago, was weight from above
    the largest pyramid. It probably took about
    twenty years to complete. The pyramid is
    more than 450 feet high (which is way
    taller than the Statue of Liberty!) King’s burial
    and it’s made of more than chamber
    2 million blocks of stone. Unused burial
    chamber

    Temple where offerings


    could be made

    Unused burial
    chamber
    Pit for boat to
    Burial places of King’s carry King’s body
    three chief wives up the Nile River
    Tomb Builders

    Tomb Builders
    Eventually, pharaohs stopped
    building pyramids. Instead, they
    chose to be buried in tombs in a
    place known as the Valley of the
    Kings.

    It took many workers to build a


    tomb. This drawing shows a man,
    named Anherkau, with his son.
    He was one of the people who
    directed the workers who built
    tombs. Where did this drawing
    come from? Anherkau’s own
    tomb! Foreman and his son

    By studying the information that ancient Egyptians passed on in their death, scientists
    have been able to learn much more about their lives.

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