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Inyotef II (Wahankh) in Tour Egypt

INYOTEF II (WAHANKH) 2064-2015 B.C. 11TH DYNASTY. Inyotef II was the second king of the 11th Dynasty. The king ruled Egypt from 2064 till 2015 B.C. and took Thebes as the capitol during his reign. He was the younger brother of Inyotef I. The king led an army against his Herakloplitan allies in Assyout. His enemies ruined the city of Thinis and ...

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Mentuhotep IV (Nebtawyre) in Tour Egypt

MENTUHOTEP IV NEBTAWYRE THE LAST KING OF EGYPT'S 11TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. Though Mentuhotep III Sankhkare (Mentuhotep II in a number of texts) is said by both the Saqqara and Abydos king lists as being the last of the 11th Dynasty rulers, followed immediately by Amenemhet I who founded the 12th Dynasty, the fragmentary papyrus known as the Roy...

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Neferusobek (Sobekkare) in Tour Egypt

SOBEKNEFERU THE FIRST CERTAIN FEMALE KING OF EGYPT by Jimmy Dunn. Undoubtedly, the structuring of Egyptian royalty was meant to focus upon a male king, who was considered to be the earthly manifestation of Horus, a male god. Normally, a king would be succeeded by his senior surviving son, but every so often in Egyptian history, a woman rose to p...

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Neferkaure II in Wikipedia

Neferkaure II was an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List, and also in the Turin Canon of Kings, which attributes him a rule of four years and two months.[1] This is precisely as long as one of his earlier predecessor's dates, which may cast some doubt on its ac...

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Senusret II (Khakheperre) in Tour Egypt

SENUSRET II, 4TH KING OF EGYPT'S 12TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. Senusret II, the birth name of the fourth king of Egypt's 12th Dynasty, means "Man of Goddess Wosret". It was the name that seems to enter the royal linage because of this king's non-royal, great, great grandfather, the original Senusret and father of the founder of the Dynasty, Amenem...

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Intef II in Wikipedia

Intef II was a Pharaoh of the Eleventh dynasty during the First Intermediate Period. His capital was located at Thebes. At this time, Egypt was split between several local dynasties. After the death of the nomarch Ankhtifi, Intef II was able to unite all the southern nomes down to the First Cataract. After this he clashed with his main rivals, t...

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Mentuhotep IV in Wikipedia

Nebtawyre Mentuhotep IV was the last king of the 11th Dynasty. He seems to fit into a 7 year period in the Turin Canon for which there is no recorded king, and is known from a few inscriptions in Wadi Hammamat that record expeditions to the Red Sea coast and to quarry stone for the royal monuments. Despite being obscure (he is absent from the off...

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Sobekneferu in Wikipedia

Sobekneferu (sometimes written "Neferusobek") was an Egyptian pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty. Her name meant "the beauty of Sobek." She was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat III. Manetho states she also was the sister of Amenemhat IV, but this claim is unproven. Sobekneferu had an older sister named Nefruptah who may have been the intended heir. ...

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Senusret II in Wikipedia

Khakeperre Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1897 BC to 1878 BC. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret II took a great deal of interest in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on an extensive irrigation system from Bahr Yusuf through to Lake Moeris through the construction of a dike at...

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Neferkauhor in Wikipedia

Neferkauhor was an eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is attested on the Abydos King List as the penultimate king of the Old kingdom, but not on the Turin Canon where his name is lost in a lacunae--although his reign length is preserved here. Neferkauhor is by far the most well attested of all ear...

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