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The pharaohs could not run Egypt alone. They relied on governors, many whom are buried in the Tombs of the Nobles.

Everyone in ancient Egypt had to work for the pharaoh for a set number of days each year as a kind of tax. Wealthy people often paid someone to do their duty (or dirty) work for them. Often this work was building temples, pyramids, or tombs.

Neferneferuaten Nefertiti was a woman pharaoh who reigned from 1353 to 1336 bc .

14 THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: EGYPTIANS