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Sanakht in Wikipedia

Sanakht(e), generally identified with the Nebka of much later king lists, was probably either the first or second pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The dates assigned to his reign by Shaw are ca. 2686-2667 BC; for various conjectures of other scholars, see the Ancient Egypt History and Chronology . Sanakht's name means strong pro...

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Sekhemkhet in Wikipedia

Sekhemkhet was a Pharaoh in Egypt during the Third dynasty. According to the Manethonian tradition, a king known as Tyris (which may be compared to the Turin Canon's "Djoser-ti") reigned for a relatively brief period of seven years, and modern scholars believe Djoserty and Sekhemkhet are the same person. While the Turin Canon gives Sekhemkhet ...

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Netjerykhet (Djoser) in Tour Egypt

Netjerikhet Djoser was the 2nd King of Egypt's 3rd Dynasty, and was probably the most famous king during this period. He is also sometimes referred to as Zoser, and by the Greeks, Tesorthos. Through contemporary sources, he is only known by his Horus and Nebt-names, Netjerikhet, "the divine of body". Djoser may have been the king's birth name ...

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Sekhemkhet (Djoser Teti) in Tour Egypt

KING SEKHEMKHET AND HIS PYRAMID AT SAQQARA BY ALAN WINSTON & JIMMY DUNN. Almost everything we know about Sekhemkhet ("Powerful in Body"), we know because of his unfinished (Buried) pyramid at Saqqara, and it seems to give us little facts about his life. The only evidence outside of this tomb is a scene depicted at Wadi Maghara in the Sinai ...

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Seth-Peribsen in Wikipedia

Seth-Peribsen was a king during the Second dynasty of Egypt who ruled for seventeen years. He is considered to be the predecessor of Khasekhemwy and was buried in Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos, where a seal impression contains the first full sentence written in hieroglyphs.[1] His burial stelae (one of which is on display in the British Museum) show ...

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Khaba in Wikipedia

Khaba was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom and is generally considered to have reigned near the end of the Third Dynasty. He was successor to Sekhemkhet, and he was probably a son of Sekhemkhet and his wife, Djeseretnebti. Khaba is believed to have reigned a relatively brief four years between 2640 to 2637 BC[1], although these dates a...

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Khaba in Tour Egypt

KHABA, A SHADOWY KING OF EGYPT'S LATE, 3RD DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. We know very little about the King, who probably occupied the throne of Egypt near the end of the 3rd Dynasty, named Khaba, who's name means "The Soul Appears". His nswt-bity and nbty names are unknown. It has been suggested that the king's birth name might have been Teti. In...

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Khasekhemwy in Tour Egypt

KHASEKHEM/KHASEKHEMWY OF EGYPT'S 2ND DYNASTY by Jimmy Dun. Khasekhemwy is perhaps the best attested ruler of the 2nd Dynasty, a period that we know very little about in general. Egyptologists have normally placed him as the successor of Seth-Peribsen, though Manetho lists three kings between them, consisting of Sethenes (Sendji), Chaires (Nete...

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Hetepsekhemwy in Wikipedia

Hotepsekhemwy (in Greek known as Boethos), was the first king of the Second dynasty of Egypt. His name means "Pleasing in Powers."[1] Little is known about his reign. Biography Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy became ruler of Egypt through his marriage to a daughter of the first dynasty king, Qa'a. However it is not known whether he was related to the ...

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Den in Wikipedia

Den (or Dewen) was the fourth Egyptian king of the First dynasty[2] or fifth if Narmer is included. He was the son of Queen Merneith.[3] Early Egyptian records mention battles against Bedouin tribes in the Sinai during his reign. He was the first[citation needed] to use the title King of the Two Lands, and the first depicted as wearing the dou...

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