Who was the richest person in ancient Egypt?
Who was the richest person in ancient Egypt? The spoils from Thutmose III's military campaigns?including plunder, taxes, and tribute?vastly enriched Egypt's treasury and made him the richest man in the world at the time. But he also secured human capital from his captured lands. The sons of conquered rulers were taken to Egypt and educated at court.
Who built the Sphinx?
Archaeologists believe that the Great Sphinx was built during Egypt's Old Kingdom (circa 2575–2150 B.C.) by the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre. It is one of the world's oldest works of monumental sculpture and one of the largest.