King Tut, King Ramses 2, and Alexander the Great

Have you ever wondered what happened to King Tut, Ramses the 2, and Alexander the Great? Well, this research happens to be all about them. These paragraphs contain important facts about King Tut, Ramses 2, and Alexander the Great. They were great Pharaohs. First is King Tut.



King Tut -


Akhenaton (King Tut's father) died, making his 9-year-old son (Tutankhaton) the king. He then went through a lot of work and studying. He soon changed his name to Tutankhamen, meaning "Living image of Amon". He then died when he was 18. Nobody knows how he died. He was buried in a solid-gold coffin in a tomb filled with gold and jewels. He is famous for what was found in his tomb. What was found in his tomb was gold and jewelry. His tomb was found by Howard Carter in 1922. The Pharaoh that came after him married the widow of King Tut. For a very long time nobody knew how he died.

King Ramses 2-

Ramses 2 completed and built a lot of things during his lifetime. He completed a hall at Karnak. He continued work on the temple built by Seti 1 at Abydos. Both of them were incomplete at the latter's (meaning the person who started it, Seti 1) death. He completed his father's funerary temple. He built one for himself and called it Ramessum. In Abydos he built his own temple not that far from his father's. In Nubia he built no fewer than 6 temples. Two carved out of a cliffside. (The two larger ones built by Seti 1.) The last two due to Ramses. Virtually nothing is known about his personal life. His wife was Nefertari. His family consisted of 100 children. The best picture of him is him as a young man. His mummy is preserved in a mausoleum at Cairo. Ramses 2 was a good soldier. He was a popular king. He married the daughter of the Hittite King. He attacked his enemies such as the Libyans and the Nubians. He was the third king of the nine tenth dynasty. In building all those temples it was obvious he wanted to leave a reminder of his strength and wealth.




Alexander the Great-



Alexander's father was the son of Philip the 2. Philip gained control of most of the Greek peninsula. He learned how to be a great warrior from his father. They say he slept with a dagger and a copy of Homer's Iliad. Alexander's father wanted to rule all the countries. Alexander conquered part of the Persian empire. He was 20 years old when he became king of Macedonia. He also gained control of Egypt and made it part of the Greek Empire. His general, Ptolemy took control of Egypt. Egypt was in Greek hands until the Romans conquered Egypt. The Egyptians began to Replace their religion with Christian belief. Trouble in his own land delayed his plans. Neighboring people began to fight with his army. Someone started a rumor that Alexander had died. His empire started to fight. When Alexander got back his empire was fighting. He ended the fight very quickly. He had freed the Greek from under Persian control. They were forced to accept Alexander as their new ruler. As his empire grew he named a lot of his cities Alexandria after himself. His empire learned to speak and worship Greek gods. He went to India where he had a battle with Porus (an Indian king). When Porus got wounded and surrendered. Alexander let him continue ruling. When Alexander returned to Babylon he got a mysterious disease. A few days with that disease he died. After his death, his empire split up. Nobody was as good a leader as him . After his death, many of his people went to Italy.

In the end they all died a mysterious death. Nobody knew how they had died for a very long time. In the end someone else married their wives. They all became Pharaohs at a young age.





In the end they were great pharaohs. What they did made Egypt a better country. In Alexander's case the whole world. They were great rulers. They had all died a mysterious death. Today we still enjoy what they have found in their tombs.