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Sobekhotep III in Wikipedia

Sobekhotep III (throne name: Sekhemresewdjtawy) was an Egyptian king of the 13th dynasty. Sobekhotep III is known from a high number of objects despite the fact that the Turin King List gives him a reign of only four years[1] and two to four months in length. He added inscriptions to the temple of Menthu at Madamud[2] and built a chapel at El Kab...

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Salitis in Tour Egypt

SALITIS 15TH DYNASTY - Salitis was the 1st king of the 15th Dynasty. Northern Egypt was under Heksus rulers throughout the Dynasty. The Heksus are the Asiatics that invaded through Sinai and settled in the Delta. The Heksus controlled all the Nile Delta and Northern Egypt. By time, they got more powerful and set their own Dynasties ( from t...

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User-anat in Wikipedia

User-anat was the second ruler of the Hyksos Sixteenth dynasty of Egypt...

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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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Semqen in Wikipedia

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

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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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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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Nikare in Wikipedia

Nikare 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....

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