Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut

female
about 1479 to 1458 BC, Ptah, pronounce, nitocris, dynasty, egyptologist…Ancient Egyptian women in warfare, Women in ancient Egyptian warfare, ancientegyptian, ancient egypt
Hatshepsut (also called Hatchepsut [<font/>pronounce ]), meaning "Foremost of Noble Ladies", was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of...
Manetho

Manetho

male
historian, Sebennytos, Aegyptiaca, Ptolemaic era, 3rd century BC, egyptologist…ancientegyptian, Egyptian
Manetho, also known as Manethon of Sebennytos, was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos (ancient Egyptian: "Tjebnutjer") who lived...

Thutmose

male
Akhetaton, Ägyptisches Museum Berlin, Cairo Museum, polychrome, metropolitan museum of art, ancientegyptian
"The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Thutmose" (also spelled Djhutmose and Thutmosis) is thought to have been the official court...

Ptahhotep

male
vizier, Ptah-Hotep, Prisse Papyrus, Djedkare Isesi, The Maxims of Ptahhotep, Fifth dynasty of Egypt…ancientegyptian
Ptahhotep, sometimes known as Ptahhotpe or Ptah-Hotep, is the name of a 24th century BC vizier and philosopher. He was vizier to Djedkare Isesi in...

Amenemhat

male
thutmose iii, ancientegyptian, theban, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, Thebes, Egypt, Amenhotep II
Amenemhat was a prince of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt; the son of Pharaoh Thutmose III. He was the eldest son and appointed heir of the...

John Baines

male
ancient egypt, Professor of Egyptology, The Queen's College, Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, The Queen's College, Oxford, University of Oxford…ancientegyptian, Art of Ancient Egypt
John Baines is the incumbent Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of The Queen's College. He is the author of multiple...

Rekhmire

male
ancient egypt, Tuthmosis III, Governor of the Town, The Installation of the Vizier, Theban Necropolis, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna…ancientegyptian
The Ancient Egyptian noble Rekhmire was an 18th dynasty official, serving as "Governor of the Town" (Thebes) and Vizier during the reigns of...

Amenemope

male
hebrew, nile, ancientegyptian, author, Babylonia, Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt
Amenemope (ca. 1100 BCE) was a "wise man" who lived in Egypt during the late 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. He resided in Akhim, which was...

Nefertiti

female
Amarna Period, Berlin's Altes Museum, Thutmose, Great Royal Wife, Altes Museum, karnak…ancientegyptian, ancient egypt
Nefertiti (the beauty that has come, whose nickname was also 'Titi') was the Great Royal Wife (or chief consort/wife) of the Egyptian Pharaoh...

Ahmose

female
princess, Egyptian Museom, King's Daughter; King's Sister, Valley of the Queen, Tao II the Brave, Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt…Egyptian Museum, ancientegyptian
Ahmose (“Child of the Moon”) was a princess of the seventeenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the only known daughter of Tao II the Brave by his sist...