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Historical Figures from Egypt
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Cleopatra VII
-69–-30Classical World
She was the last of a dynasty three centuries old, and she came closer than anyone expected to saving it — allying with Rome's two most powerful men in succession.
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Khufu
-2600–-2566Ancient Civilisations
He ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza — one of the most ambitious building projects in human history — and almost nothing else about him is known with any certainty.
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Narmer
-3150–-3100Ancient Civilisations
He may have unified Egypt at the dawn of recorded history — or the famous palette that shows him doing so may be ceremonial art — and we still can't quite be sure which.
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