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| x Tiu |
Tiu, also known as Teyew, was a Predynastic ancient Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. He is mentioned in the Palermo Stone inscriptions along with a small number of kings of Lower Egypt. Nothing else is known of his life or reign.
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| x Thesh |
Thesh, also known as Tjesh and Tesh, was a Predynastic ancient Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. He is mentioned in the Palermo Stone inscriptions among a small number of kings of Lower Egypt.
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| x Hsekiu |
Hsekiu, also Seka, was a Predynastic ancient Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. He is mentioned in the Palermo Stone inscriptions among a list of a small number of kings of Lower Egypt.
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| x Wazner |
Wazner, also Wazenez or Wadjenedj (or possibly Wenegbu?), was a Predynastic Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. He is mentioned in the Palermo Stone inscriptions among a small number of kings of Lower Egypt.
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| x Scorpion I | Protodynastic Period of Egypt |
Scorpion I was the first of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. His name may refer to the scorpion goddess Serket.
He is believed to have lived in Thinis one or two centuries before the rule of the better known King...
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| x Iry-Hor |
Iry-Hor or Ro (as read by Petrie) was a Predynastic pharaoh of ancient Egypt. He is the oldest attested ruler of Egypt known by name.
Some archaeologists are doubtful of his existence: his name never appears in a serekh, the Horus falcon being...
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Ka, also (alternatively) Sekhen, was a Predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt belonging to Dynasty 0. He probably reigned during the first half of the 32nd century BC. The length of his reign is unknown.
The correct reading of Ka´s name remains...
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| x King Scorpion |
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Protodynastic Period of Egypt |
Scorpion, or Selk, also King Scorpion or Scorpion II refers to the second of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. Their names may refer to the scorpion goddess Serket. The name of the queen who was his consort was Shesh...
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| x Narmer |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Narmer was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period (c. 32nd century BC). He is thought to be the successor to the Protodynastic pharaohs Scorpion (or Selk) and/or Ka, and he is considered by some to be the unifier of Egypt and...
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| x Menes |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Menes (Egyptian: Meni; Ancient Greek: Μήνης; Arabic: مينا) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the first dynasty (Dynasty I)....
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| x Hor-Aha |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Hor-Aha (or Aha or Horus Aha) is considered the second pharaoh of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt in current Egyptology. He lived around the thirty-first century BC and must have enjoyed a long reign.
The commonly-used name Hor-Aha is a rendering...
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| x Djer |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Djer is considered the third pharaoh of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt in current Egyptology. He lived around the mid-thirty-first century BC and reigned for c. 40 years. A mummified wrist of Djer or his wife was discovered by Flinders Petrie,...
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| x Merneith |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Merneith (Meritnit, Meryet-Nit or Meryt-Neith) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the first dynasty. She may have been a ruler of Egypt in her own right. The possibility is based on several official records. Her rule occurred the...
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| x Djet |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Djet, also known as Wadj, Zet, and Uadji (in Greek possibly the pharaoh known as Uenephes or possibly Atothis), was the fourth Egyptian pharaoh of the first dynasty. Djet's Horus name means “Horus Cobra” or “Serpent of Horus”.
Little is known about...
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| x Den |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Den, also known as Hor-Den, Dewen and Udimu, is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. He is the best archaeologically attested ruler of this period. Den is said to have brought prosperity to his realm and...
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| x Anedjib |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Anedjib, more correctly Adjib and also known as Hor-Anedjib, Hor-Adjib and Enezib, is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. The ancient Greek historian Manetho named him "Miebîdós" and credited him with a reign...
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| x Semerkhet |
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First dynasty of Egypt |
Semerkhet is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 1st dynasty. This ruler became known through a tragic legend handed down by ancient Greek historian Manetho, who reported that a calamity of some sort occurred during...
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| x Hotepsekhemwy |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Hotepsekhemwy (also known as Hetepsekhemwy, Hetepsekhemui, Boëthôs and Bedjau) is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the 2nd dynasty. The exact length of his reign is not known; the Turin canon suggests an improbable 95...
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| x Raneb |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Raneb (also known as Nebra, Nebre and erroneously as Kakau) is the Horus name of the second early Egyptian king of the 2nd dynasty. The exact length of his reign is unknown since the Turin canon is damaged and the year accounts are lost. The ancient...
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| x Nynetjer |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Nynetjer (also known as Ninetjer and Banetjer) is the Horus name of the third early Egyptian king during the 2nd dynasty. The exact length of his reign is unknown. The Turin Canon suggests an improbable reign of 96 years and the ancient Greek...
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| x Weneg |
Weneg (or Uneg), also known as Weneg-Nebti, is the throne name of an early Egyptian king, who ruled during the second dynasty. Although his chronological position is clear to Egyptologists, it is unclear for how long King Weneg ruled. It is also...
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Senedj (also known as Sened and Sethenes) is the name of an early Egyptian king (pharaoh) who may have ruled during the 2nd dynasty. His historical standing remains uncertain, as there are no contemporary records about Senedj. The earliest mention...
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| x Seth-Peribsen |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Peribsen (also known as Seth-Peribsen and Ash-Peribsen) is the serekh name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 2nd dynasty. Unlike many other pharaohs of this dynasty, Peribsen is well-attested in the archaeological records. Peribsen's...
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| x Sekhemib-Perenmaat |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Sekhemib, or Sekhemib-Perenma´at, is the horus name of an early Egyptian king who ruled during the 2nd dynasty. Similar to his predecessor Seth-Peribsen, Sekhemib is contemporarily well attested in archaeological records, but he doesn´t appear in...
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| x Khasekhemwy |
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Second dynasty of Egypt |
Khasekhemwy (d. 2686 BC; sometimes spelled Khasekhemui) was the fifth and final king of the Second dynasty of Egypt. Little is known of Khasekhemwy, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built several monuments, still...
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| x Sanakhte |
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Third dynasty of Egypt |
Sanakht(e), generally identified with the Nebka of much later king lists, was probably either the first or second pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The dates assigned to his reign by Shaw are ca. 2686-2667 BC; for various conjectures of...
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2686 B.C.E. | 2667 B.C.E. |
| x Djoser |
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Third dynasty of Egypt |
Netjerikhet or Djoser (Turin King List "Dsr-it"; Manetho "Tosarthros") is the best-known pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt. He commissioned his official, Imhotep, to build the first of the pyramids, a step pyramid for him at Saqqara. Variants of...
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| x Sekhemkhet |
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Third dynasty of Egypt |
Sekhemkhet was a Pharaoh in Egypt during the Third dynasty. According to the Manethonian tradition, a king known as Tyris (which may be compared to the Turin Canon's "Djoser-ti") reigned for a relatively brief period of seven years, and modern...
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2649 B.C.E. | 2643 B.C.E. |
| x Khaba |
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Third dynasty of Egypt |
Khaba was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom and is generally considered to have reigned near the end of the Third Dynasty. He was successor to Sekhemkhet, and he was probably a son of Sekhemkhet. Khaba is believed to have reigned a relatively...
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2643 B.C.E. | 2637 B.C.E. |
| x Huni |
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Third dynasty of Egypt |
Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty. He was the successor to Khaba.
Huni was the father of Hetepheres I, the wife of Sneferu who was the first king of the Fourth Dynasty. Huni was succeeded by Sneferu according to the Papyrus...
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2637 B.C.E. | 2613 B.C.E. |
| x Sneferu |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Sneferu, also spelled as Snephru, Snefru or Snofru (in Greek known as Soris), was the founder of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt. Estimates of his reign vary, with for instance The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt suggesting a reign from around 2613 BC...
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2613 B.C.E. | 2589 B.C.E. |
| x Khufu |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Khufu ( /ˈkuːfuː/ KOO-foo), also known as Cheops ( /ˈkiːɒps/ KEE-ops; Greek: Χέοψ, Kheops) or, in Manetho, Suphis ( /ˈsuːfɨs/ SOO-fis; Greek: Σοῦφις, Souphis), was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC....
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2589 B.C.E. | 2566 B.C.E. |
| x Djedefra |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Djedefre (also known as Radjedef) was an Egyptian pharaoh, the son and immediate successor of Khufu. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Re." Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra as part of his royal...
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2528 B.C.E. | 2520 B.C.E. |
| x Khafra |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Khafra (Greek, Χεφρήν; Chephren) — also Khafre, sometimes known as Kefren — was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, who had his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly...
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2520 B.C.E. | 2494 B.C.E. |
| x Menkaura |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Menkaure (or Men-Kau-Ra; Mycerinus in Latin; Μυκερινος, Mykerinos in Greek) was a pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt (c. 2620 BC–2480 BC) who ordered the construction of the third and smallest of the Pyramids of Giza. His name means "Eternal...
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2532 B.C.E. | 2504 B.C.E. |
| x Shepseskaf |
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Fourth dynasty of Egypt |
Shepseskaf was an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty. The son of Menkaure he succeeded his father to the throne in c. 2503 BCE. Shepseskaf's name means "His Soul is Noble."
Shepseskaf was a son of Menkaure and grandson of Khafra, but his mother...
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2504 B.C.E. | 2500 B.C.E. |
| x Djedefptah |
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Thamphthis is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian ruler (pharaoh) of the 4th dynasty in the Old Kingdom, who may have ruled around 2500 BC for between two to nine years. His original Egyptian name is lost, but it may have been Djedefptah or...
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| x Userkaf |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Userkaf was the founder of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt and the first pharaoh to start the tradition of building sun temples at Abusir. His name means "his Ka (or soul) is powerful". He ruled from 2494-2487 BC and constructed the Pyramid of Userkaf...
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2498 B.C.E. | 2491 B.C.E. |
| x Sahure |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Sahure was the second king of ancient Egypt's 5th Dynasty.
Sahure's birth name means "He who is Close to Re". His Horus name was Nebkhau.
Sahure was a son of queen Neferhetepes, as shown in scenes from the causeway of Sahure's pyramid complex in...
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2487 B.C.E. | 2474 B.C.E. |
| x Neferirkare Kakai |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Neferirkare Kakai was the third Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. His praenomen, Neferirkare, means "Beautiful is the Soul of Ra". His Horus name was Userkhau, his Golden Horus name Sekhemunebu and his Nebti name Khaiemnebty.
It is not...
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2474 B.C.E. | 2464 B.C.E. |
| x Shepseskare Isi |
Shepseskare Isi, also spelt Shepseskare, (in Greek known as Sisiris), was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty, who is thought to have reigned from around 2455 to 2448 BC. His throne name means "Noble is the Soul of Re." However, he is the...
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| x Neferefre |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Neferefre (also called Raneferef) was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. His name means "Beautiful is Re" in Egyptian.
Neferefre was the son of king Neferirkare Kakai by queen Khentkaus II, and the elder brother of pharaoh Nyuserre Ini....
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2460 B.C.E. | 2458 B.C.E. |
| x Nyuserre Ini |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Nyuserre Ini (also spelt as Neuserre Izi or Niuserre Isi, and sometimes Nyuserra; in Greek known as Rathoris), was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. He is frequently given a reign of 24 or 25 years and is dated from ca. 2445 BC to 2421 BC...
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2548 B.C.E. | 2422 B.C.E. |
| x Menkauhor Kaiu |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Menkauhor Kaiu (Menkaouhor, in Greek known as Menkeris), was a Pharaoh of the Fifth dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the successor of King Nyuserre Ini and was succeeded by Djedkare Isesi. Menkauhor's royal name or prenomen means "Eternal are...
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2422 B.C.E. | 2414 B.C.E. |
| x Djedkare Isesi |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Djedkare Isesi in Greek known as Tancheres from Manetho's Aegyptiaca, was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. He is assigned a reign of twenty-eight years by the Turin Canon although some Egyptologists believe this is an error and should...
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2414 B.C.E. | 2375 B.C.E. |
| x Unas |
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Fifth dynasty of Egypt |
Unas (also Oenas, Unis, Wenis, or Ounas) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and the last ruler of the Fifth dynasty from the Old Kingdom. His reign has been dated between 2375 BC and 2345 BC. Unas is believed to have had two queens, Nebet and Khenut,...
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2375 B.C.E. | 2345 B.C.E. |
| x Teti |
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Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, was the first Pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt and is buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List, but is believed to have been about 12 years.
Teti had several...
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2345 B.C.E. | 2333 B.C.E. |
| x Userkare | Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Userkare ("The Soul of Ra is Strong") was the second king of the Sixth Dynasty. He is generally seen as one of the leaders who opposed his predecessor, Teti's royal line and was most likely an usurper to the throne. Alternatively Jánosi and...
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| x Pepi I Meryre |
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Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Pepi I Meryre (reigned 2332 – 2283 BC) was the third king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His first throne name was Neferdjahor which the king later altered to Meryre meaning "beloved of Rê."
Pepi was the son of Teti and Iput, who was a daughter of...
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2332 B.C.E. | 2283 B.C.E. |
| x Merenre Nemtyemsaf I |
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Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Merenre Nemtyemsaf I (reigned 2283-2278 BC) was the fourth king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His nomen, theophorically referring to Nemty, was formerly read as Antyemsaf, a reading now known to be incorrect.
Merenre was a son of Pepi I and...
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2283 B.C.E. | 2278 B.C.E. |
| x Pepi II Neferkare |
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Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Pepi II (reigned c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC) (2284 BC - 2184 BC) was a pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the...
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2278 B.C.E. | 2184 B.C.E. |
| x Neferka |
Neferka was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, ruling during the Sixth dynasty. His reign lasted from about 2200 BC to 2199 BC.
He is only mentioned in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. However, his reign lasted during the reign of Pepi II,...
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| x Nefer |
Nefer is a word in the Ancient Egyptian language that was used to symbolize beauty and goodness. The exact translation of the word in English is "Beautiful on the inside and the outside".
The 3 consonant Egyptian hieroglyph 'nfr'
is a representation...
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| x Merenre Nemtyemsaf II | Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
Merenre Nemtyemsaf II was briefly Pharaoh of Egypt, likely succeeding his long-lived father Pepi II Neferkare. The Turin King List says that Merenre reigned for only a year, after succeeding his father Pepi II. His name is also mentioned on a stela...
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| x Neitiqerty Siptah | Sixth dynasty of Egypt |
The Ancient Egyptian king, Neitiqerty Siptah is an obscure successor to Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, towards the end of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. His reign is usually replaced with that of Nitocris, the 'first female pharaoh', who seems not to have...
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| x Neferkara I |
Neferkara I (also known as Neferka and, alternatively, Aaka) is the cartouche name of a king (pharaoh) who is said to have ruled during the 2nd dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The exact length of his reign is unknown since the Turin canon lacks the years...
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| x Netjerkare | Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt |
Netjerkare may have been a king during the First Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. His existence is only clearly attested on the Abydos King List, where he occupies the 40th registry, as the successor to Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, skipping over the...
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| x Menkare | Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt |
Menkare may have been a king of the First Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. He is entirely unattested outside of the Abydos King List.
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| x Neferkare II | Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt |
Neferkare II may have been a seventh dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only attested on the Abydos King List, however J. von Beckerath believes he may have been the king with the praenomen Wadjkare,...
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| x Neferkare Neby | Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt |
Neferkare Neby may have been a king of the Seventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is clearly attested on the Abydos King List, and unlike other kings of this period, is attested in two other sources. His...
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