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  • How many wives and children did Ramses II have?
    He had hundreds of wives and children.
  • How did Cleopatra die?
    She killed herself by putting her hands in a basket full of poisonous snakes.
  • Who was Hatshepsut?
    She was one of the most important female pharaohs.
  • In which period were the pyramids built in?
    In the First Intermediate Period (3100 - 2040 B.C.)
  • What kind of calendar did the Egyptians create?
    The 365-day solar calendar
  • Was the Great Sphinx a pyramid? Describe it.
    No, it wasn't. It had the body of a lion and the head of a person.
  • What was king Narmer's other name?
    Menes
  • How long did the Hycsos stay in Egypt?
    For about a hundred years.
  • How old was Tutankhamen when he became pharaoh?
    8 years old
  • Which pharaoh tried to change Egyptian religion?
    Pharaoh Akhenaten