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Neferirkare Kakai in Wikipedia

Neferirkare Kakai was the third Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. His prenomen, Neferirkare, means "Beautiful is the Soul of Ra."[2] His Horus name was Userkhau,[3] his Golden Horus name Sekhemunebu and his Nebti name Khaiemnebty. It is not known with any certainty who Neferirkare's parents were. Some Egyptologists see him as a son of...

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Shepseskare in Tour Egypt

Little to nothing is known about Shepseskare, except that he ruled between Neferirkare and Neferefre. His relationship to the other kings of the 5th Dynasty is not known. According to the Turin King-list, he ruled for 7 years. Some seal impressions dated to his reign have been found at Abusir, and these are about the only witnesses of Shepseskare's...

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Shepseskaf in Tour Egypt

KING SHEPSESKAF AND HIS MYSTERIOUS TOMB AT SAQQARA BY JIMMY DUNN. Ultimately, we know very little with any certainty about the last king of Egypt's 4th Dynasty. His birth name was Shepseskaf, meaning "His Soul is Noble", and like everything else about him, seems out of place. Most kings' of this (and most other) periods made some sort of refer...

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Djedkare Izezi in Tour Egypt

DJEDKARE, 8TH RULER OF THE 5TH DYNASTY - BY JIMMY DUNN. Djedkare was the eighth ruler of Egypt's 5th Dynasty. The relationship of Djedkare with his predecessors or successors is not entirely known, but he was probably the son of Menkauhor, his predecessor. If not, then he may have been Menkauhor's brother by Niuserre, or even Menkauhor's cousin ...

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Menkaure in Wikipedia

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 like the Souls of Re " He was the successor of Khafre. Some authors date his rule between 2532 BC–25...

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Merenre Nemtyemzaf in Tour Egypt

MERENRE, 3RD RULER OF EGYPT'S 6TH DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. Merenre, sometimes referred to as Merenre I as there was a much later king by the same name, was the third ruler of Egypt's 6th Dynasty. As the oldest living son of Pepi I, he succeeded his father, we believe, at a fairly young age, and probably died unexpectedly young, perhaps between his...

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Djedkare Isesi in Wikipedia

Djedkare Isesi in Greek known as Tancheres[1] 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 rather be thirty-eight years. Manetho ascribes to him a reign of forty-four years while the archae...

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Merenre Nemtyemsaf I in Wikipedia

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. Biography Merenre was a son of Pepi I and Ankhesenpepi I, and grandson of the female vizier Nebet and her spouse Khui. While Merenre Nemt...

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Neferefre in Tour Egypt

NEFEREFRE, A KING OF THE FIFTH DYNASTY - by Jimmy Dunn. There are some real problems concerning the kings list after Neferirkare. Most references today place an almost unknown king, Shepseskare next in line, but those same references will also often point out that he could have come after Neferefre's rule, who we are almost certain was a prominen...

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Unas in Tour Egypt

UNAS, LAST RULER OF THE FIFTH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. Unas was the last king of the 5th Dynasty, and what some believe to be the end of the golden age of the Old Kingdom. The 6th Dynasty would finally be the end of Egypt's grand beginning, as the country would then slip into the troubling First intermediate Period. Unas had a long rule, but is ...

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