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Senusret III (Khakaure) in Tour Egypt

SENUSRET III, THE 5TH KING OF THE 12TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. Senusret III is probably the best attested king of the New Kingdom. He ruled the country for perhaps as long as 37 years as the 5th pharaoh of Egypt's 12th Dynasty from around 1878 until 1841 BC. He is probably also the best known of the Middle Kingdom pharaohs to the public because ...

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Wegaf in Wikipedia

Khutawyre Wegaf (or Ugaf) was an Egyptian king of the 13th Dynasty who is known from several sources, including a stelae and statues. There is a general known from a scarab with the same name (Wegaf) who is perhaps identical with this king. A king with the name Khutawyre appears in the Turin King List as first ruler of the 13th Dynasty. However, s...

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Neferirkare in Wikipedia

Neferirkare was an Eighth dynasty king of ancient Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His name is only clearly attested in the Abydos King List but it is assumed that the reign length figure for the last 8th dynasty king belongs to him in the Turin Canon. He is listed in line 56 of the Abydos King List as the last ruler of this dynasty...

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Intef III in Wikipedia

Intef III was a Pharaoh in Egypt of the Eleventh Dynasty during the First Intermediate Period. His Horus name was Nakjtnebtepnefer, which translates to "Horus, the victorious one, Lord of the good beginning". He was buried in a saff-tomb at el-Tarif (Thebes), and little is known about his deeds. Intef III successfully defended the territory that...

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Amenemhat I in Wikipedia

Amenemhat I, also Amenemhet I, was the first ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty (the dynasty considered to be the beginning of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt). He ruled from 1991 BC to 1962 BC.[2] Amenemhat I was a vizier of his predecessor Mentuhotep IV, overthrowing him from power[3], scholars vary if Mentuhotep IV was killed by Amenemhat I, regarding ...

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Senusret III in Wikipedia

Khakhaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC, and was the fifth monarch of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. Among his achievements was the building of the Sisostris Canal. He was a great pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty and is considered to be perhaps the ...

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Khafre (Chephren) in Tour Egypt

KHAFRE, THE 4TH KING OF EGYPT'S 4TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. As with many of the very earliest Pharaoh's, even though they may have left some of the grandest of all monuments in Egypt, they left little in the way of inscriptions, and so we know very little about them. Khafre (Chephren), the builder of the second pyramid on the famous Giza Plate...

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Sahure in Tour Egypt

SAHURE, SECOND PHARAOH OF THE 5TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. Sahure was the second ruler of ancient Egypt's 5th Dynasty. His birth name means "He who is Close to Re". His Horus name was Nebkhau, and we believed he ruled Egypt from around 2487 to 2475 BC. The Turin King List gives him a reign of twelve years. His pyramid complex was the first bui...

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Nyuserre Ini in Wikipedia

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[1] and is dated from ca. 2445 BC to 2421 BC.[2] His prenomen, Niuserre, means "Possessed of Re's Power." Niuserre was the younger son of pha...

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Teti in Wikipedia

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. Biography Teti had several wives: Queen Iput, likely the daughter of King Unas, the last king of the Fifth dynasty...

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