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Djoser
Egyptian Pharaoh. He ruled Egypt from approximately 2635 BC until his death in 2610 BC and was the second Pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty. He sent his army on an expedition to subdue the Sinai Peninsular and also ordered expeditions there to mine for turquoise and copper. There is a legend, inscribed on the "Famine Stela", that he rebuilt the temple of Khnum on the Island of Elephentine and in doing so brought a seven year famine to an end. He is best remembered for commissioning the famous...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Saqqara, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: The Step Pyramid of Djoser
Gratwick, Percival Eric b. October 19, 1902 d. October 26, 1942
World War II Victoria Cross Recipient.
El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Matruh, Egypt
Plot: XXII. A. 6.
Gurney, Arthur Stanley b. December 15, 1908 d. July 22, 1942
World War II Victoria Cross recipient.
El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Matruh, Egypt
Plot: XVI. H. 21.
Hafez, Abdel Halim b. June 21, 1929 d. March 30, 1977
Without a doubt no living or dead entertainer has ever achieved such a tremendous amount of fame and admiration by so many people in the Arab world of music and beyond. Halim was a master oboe player, he graduated from Academy of Arab Music in 1948. However, what made Halim a superstar was the combination of his acting ability and his warm and romantic voice which got him the nick name of “Nightingale” (Andalib) in Arabic . Since Abdel’s first public appearance in 1952, he had a starting role...[Read More] (Bio by: Sean Tash)
Al-Refai Mosque, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Haggard, Stephen Hubert Avenel b. March 21, 1911 d. February 25, 1943
Actor.

Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard, first child of British diplomat Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard and his French Canadian/American wife Georgianna Marie Ruel Haggard, was born on 21 Mar 1911 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America. His middle name Hubert was in honor of his maternal grandfather Hubert Ruel. Stephen's diplomat father had been posted to Guatemala. In the spring of 1912, when Stephen was one year old, he journeyed with his pregnant mother to the United States...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Hatshepsut
Egyptian Pharaoh. Born Maatkare Hatshepsut in the late 15th century BC, daughter of Tuthmose I and Aahmes, both of royal lineage, the one girl of their three children. Her brothers predeceased her and she married her half-brother, Tuthmose I's son by Moutnofrit, Tuthmose II. Although Tuthmose II sired a son on his concubine, Hatshepsut bore only one daughter. Tuthmose died in 1479 BC after ruling for less than four years and his son was declared heir while Hatshepsut took the unprecedented step...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: KV 20
Henutmire
Egyptian Monarch. Probably a daughter of 19th Dynasty ruler Seti I and a sister-wife of Ramses II. Another possibility, however, places her as the daughter-wife of Ramses II. She appears on some fairly late dating monuments of his reign. (Bio by: Iola)
Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: QV75
Hor-Aha
Egyptian Pharaoh. His name means "Fighting Hawk" and he was the second ruler of Ancient Egypt, reigning in about 3000 BC. During his reign he dealt with a rebellion in Nubia, as well as fighting in foreign campaigns. He was the founder of the ancient city of Memphis, building a dam to reclaim land for its construction. According to legend he was killed by a hippopotamus after a reign lasting 62 years. (Bio by: js)
Umm el-Qa'ab Royal Burial Ground, Abydos, Suhaj, Egypt
Plot: Tomb of Hor-Aha
Horemheb
Pharaoh. Last Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Horemheb's origins are a complete mystery. He first appeared in the record in service as a general for Amenhotep III. He also served under Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. In the reign of Akhenaten, he became Great Commander of the Army. Under Tutankhamun, he became King's Deputy. Scholars also believe he may well have shared regency with Ay under Tutankhamun. Upon Ay's death in about 1321 BC, Horemheb declared himself pharaoh, claiming no royal blood but...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: KV 57
Horlock, Ernst George b. October 24, 1885 d. December 30, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross recipient.
Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery, Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt
Plot: F. 171.
Huni
Egyptian Pharaoh. He was the last King of Egypt's Third Dynasty. It is believed that he served as a high official under the Pharaoh Djoser before coming to power, probably quite late in life, in 2637 BC. He reigned for twenty four years and built a great fortress on the island of Elephantine in order to secure Egypt's southern borders. He is most famous today as the likely builder of the step pyramid at Meidum, the distinctive shape of which is due to the collapse of the outer layers. He died...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Meidum, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: Meidum pyramid, about 100km south of modern Cairo
Ini, Nyuserre
Egyptian Pharaoh. He reigned for approximately twenty-five years from 2416 BC until 2392 BC. During his reign he carried out many important building projects, including a pyramid complex for himself and two smaller ones for his wives. He also completed the unfinished tombs of his predecessors, Neferirkare Kakai, Khentkhaus II and Neferefra, and finished Neferefra's sun temple at Abu Gurab. Contemporary documents suggest that he ordered military expeditions to Libya and also into Asia. His...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Abusir Pyramid Complex, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini
Intef I
Egyptian Pharaoh. He was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, and ruled for approximately sixteen years towards the end of the First Intermediate Period until his death in 2118 BC. When he first came to the throne his authority extended only as far as the area immediately surrounding the capital and was disputed by other local rulers, but by the time of his death he had won control of Koptos, Dendera and Hierakonopolis and defeated his main rival, Ankhtifi, thus beginning the process...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Dra' Abu el-Naga, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: "Saff" or "Row" tomb.
Intef II
Egyptian Pharaoh. He ruled Egypt during the Fourteenth Dynasty, at the end of the First Intermediate Period. When he came to power in 2118 BC Egypt was ruled by a number of independent local dynasties, but he gradually brought the south of the country under his control and regained possession of the important city of Abydos. After these victories the remainder of his reign was peaceful and by the time of his death his power extended over the whole of Upper Egypt, with expeditions being sent as...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Dra' Abu el-Naga, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: of "Saff" or "Row" tomb
Isesi, Djedkare
Egyptian Pharaoh. He ruled from 2414 BC until 2375 BC, during Egypt's Fifth Dynasty. Many surviving royal seals and inscriptions document his reign, as does the so-called Prisse Papyrus, a complete set of administrative documents now held in The Louvre, Paris. Although his pyramid at Saqqara was plundered in antiquity, his mummy remained almost intact, making him one of the earliest Pharaohs whose remains survived into modern times. (Bio by: js)
Saqqara, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi
Isis-ta-Habadjilat, Queen
Egyptian Royalty. Probably either a foreign born princess or the daughter of a foreign born parent, she was one of the principle wives of Ramses III, second ruler of the 20th Dynasty. As the pharaoh never chose a Great Royal Wife from among his harem, Isis' rival wife and her son became embroiled in an assassination plot against he pharaoh. The conspirators were caught and executed, however, leaving Isis in control of the harem and her son the heir. She was buried in tomb QV51 in the Valley of...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: QV51
Kaiu, Menkauhor
Egyptian Pharaoh. He was a ruler of Egypt during the Fifth Dynasty, reigning for eight years from his accession in 2422 BC. His chief historical significance is that he was the last Pharaoh to build a sun temple, but he is also known from an important quarry inscription in the Sinai Dessert and from a number of fine relief carvings. When he died in 2414 BC he was buried in the so-called "Headless Pyramid" which was discovered by Richard Lepsius in 1842, only to be lost again until its...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Saqqara, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: The Headless Pyramid
Kakai, Neferirkare
Egyptian Pharaoh. He was a ruler of Egypt during the Fifth Dynasty, succeeding to the throne on the death of his brother, Sahure, in 2474 BC. Many documents from his reign testify to his personal kindness merciful nature, examples being given of how he spared one courtier from execution and ordered medical care to be provided for another who lay dying at court. When the king himself died in 2464 BC he was buried in a seventy-two metre high pyramid at Abusir, part of a larger mortuary complex...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Abusir Pyramid Complex, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai
Kha'emweset
Egyptian Royalty. Born the son of Ramses II and Queen Istnofret of the 19th Dynasty. Apparently precocious, while still a child, he took part in a military campaign in Nubia. On a visit to Saqqara he commissioned a historical study of the necropolis there, earning him the modern nickname of Egyptologist Prince. While in the temple of Ptah at Memphis he designed a burial for the Bulls of Apis which were considered to be the incarnation of the gods Ptah and Osiris and therefore sacred. When an...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Valley of the Queens, Luxor, Luxor, Egypt
Plot: QV44
Khaba
Egyptian Pharaoh. His name translates as "The Soul Appears" and he ruled Egypt as the fourth king of the Third Dynasty. He reigned from 2643 BC until 2649 BC and sealings found at Hierakonpolis and Elephantine are taken as evidence that his power extended into Southern Egypt. He is best known as being the probable builder of the so-called "Layer Pyramid", a distinctive tomb that represents an unfinished step pyramid. Evidence that this is his burial site comes from inscriptions on stone bowls...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Zawiyet el-Aryan, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: Layer Pyramid, located approximately 2km south of the Giza plateau.

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