What kind of pharaoh was Cleopatra? The few remaining contemporary Egyptian sources suggest that she was very popular among her own people. Egypt's Alexandria-based rulers, including Cleopatra, were ethnically Greek, descended from Alexander the Great's general

It's unclear who became pharaoh right after Akhenaten died, but Tut soon rose to the throne. His full name was Tutankhamun Nebkheperure, quite a mouthful for a small boy. Tut was only eight years old or so, which must have set his subjects to worrying all over again.

After his death, the pharaoh's religious reforms quickly collapsed, his new capital became abandoned and his successors denounced him. After his death, the pharaoh's religious reforms quickly collapsed, his new capital became abandoned and his successors denounced him.