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The rulers of ancient Egypt, Pharaohs, were almost all men. The evidence for a few women Pharaohs is not clear. The following women are thought to have served as Pharaoh, or to have assumed the power of the Pharaoh as Regents:
  • Meryt-Neith or Merytneith or Merneith First Dynasty (~3000 BC)
  • Nimaethap or Ni-Maat-Heb Third Dynasty
  • Khentkaus Fourth Dynasty
  • Wife of Djedkare-Izezi Fifth Dynasty\
  • Ankhnesmeryre II or Ankhesenpepe II or Ankh-Meri-Ra Sixth Dynasty
  • Neithhikret or Nitocris or Neith-Iquerti or Nitokerty Sixth Dynasty (~2148-44 BCE)
  • Sobeknefru or Neferusobek or Nefrusobek or Sebek-Nefru (Meryetre) Twelfth Dynasty (~1787-1783 BCE)
  • Ashotep Eighteenth Dynasty
  • Ahmose-Nefertari Eighteenth Dynasty
  • Hatshepsut (Maatkare) Eighteenth Dynasty (~1472-1458 BCE)

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