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Rahotep in Wikipedia

Rahotep (or more properly Sekhenrewahkhaw Rahotep) was an Egyptian king who reigned during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was ruled by multiple kings. Kim Ryholt, in his book on the Political Situation in Egypt, suggests that Rahotep was the first king of the 17th Dynasty. Rahotep is well known from a stele found at Koptos reportin...

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Semenkare in Wikipedia

Semenkare (birth name: Nebnun) was an Egyptian king (throne name: Semenkare) of the 13th Dynasty. "Semenkare" means "the one who establishes the Ka of Re". He appears in the Turin King List. He is only known from one contemporary object: a stela found at Gebel Zeit. He reigned most likely only for a very short time....

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Neferhotep I in Tour Egypt

NEFERHOTEP I 1696-1686 B.C. 13TH DYNASTY - Neferhotep I was the 22nd king of the 13th Dynasty. He ruled Egypt from 1696 till 1686 BC. He was the son of a temple priest in Abydos. His father's position helped him to gain the royal image as the king because he did not have any royal blood in his family. Neferhotep is inspirited on some stones d...

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Salitis in Wikipedia

Salitis was the first pharaoh of the Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt, who began to rule Egypt around 1648 BC. The precise dates of his rule are unknown. Northern Egypt was controlled by Hyksos rulers throughout the Dynasty. The Hyksos were people of Semitic origin who were thought to have invaded Egypt through the Sinai Peninsula and settled in...

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Semqen in Wikipedia

Semqen was the third ruler of the Hyksos Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt...

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Sewadjkare in Wikipedia

Sewadjkare Hori is a Pharaoh of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is listed in the Turin Canon and is given a reign of 5 full Years....

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Neferhotep I in Wikipedia

Neferhotep I was an Egyptian king of the Thirteenth Dynasty and one of the most powerful rulers of this dynasty.[1] The Turin Canon assigned him a reign length of 11 years. Neferhotep I came from a military family. His grandfather, Nehy, held the title officer of a town regiment’. Nehy was married to a woman called Senebtysy. Nothing is known abo...

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Apachnan (Khian) in Tour Egypt

APACHNAN (KHIAN) 15TH DYNASTY - Apachnan was the third king of the 15th Dynasty. He was considered one of the "Great Heksus". Apachnan's power reached beyond his kingdom in Northern Egypt. Archeologists found some scarabs and seals bearing his name in Northern and Southern Egypt and some Mediterranean islands such as Crete....

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Sobekemzaf I in Wikipedia

Sobekemsaf I (or more properly Sekhemre Shedtawy Sobekemsaf) was an Egyptian king of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt who reigned during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was ruled by multiple kings (he was once thought to belong to the late Thirteenth Dynasty). His throne name, Sekhemre Shedtawy, means "Powerful is Re; Rescuer of the Tw...

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Qar in Wikipedia

Qar was the sixth pharaoh of the Hyksos Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt...

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