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Unas in Wikipedia

Unas (also Oenas, Unis, Wenis, or Ounas) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, and the last ruler of the Fifth dynasty from the Old Kingdom.[1] His reign has been dated as falling between 2375 BC and 2345 BC.[2] Unas is believed to have had two queens, Khenut and Nebit, based on their burials near his tomb.[3] With his death, the Fifth dynasty came to ...

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Userkaf in Wikipedia

Userkaf was the founder of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt and the first pharaoh to start the tradition of building sun temples at Abusir.[2]. Userkaf's name means "his Ka (or soul) is powerful."[3] He ruled from 2494-2487 BC[1] and constructed the Pyramid of Userkaf complex at Saqqara. Userkaf's mother was thought by some to have been queen Neferh...

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Menkare in Wikipedia

Menkare may have been a king of the First Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt. He is entirely unattested outside of the Abydos King List....

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Pepi II Neferkare in Wikipedia

Pepi II (reigned c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC)[3] was a pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the death of Merenre I, and is generally credited with having the longest reign of any monarch in history at 94 years (c. ...

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Niuserre Izi in Tour Egypt

NIUSERRE, THE 6TH RULER OF THE 5TH DYNASTY - BY JIMMY DUNN. Niuserre (or Nyuserra, meaning "Possessed of Re's Power") was the sixth king of the 5th Dynasty. His throne name was Izi (or Isi, Ini, Iny). His Horus name was probably Setibtawy. We are not very sure how long he ruled Egypt because the Turin King list is somewhat damaged where this pha...

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Teti in Tour Egypt

TETI, FIRST RULER OF THE SIXTH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. Egypt's 6th Dynasty marks the decent into the darkness of the First Intermediate Period in Egypt's history. At times, the rule of these kings is somewhat obscure, including that of Teti (sometimes also known as Othoes, from Manetho), who was the first king and the founder of the 6th Dynast...

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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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