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Raneb (Nebra) in Tour Egypt

RANEB (NEBRA), THE 2ND KING OF EGYPT'S 2ND DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. Almost all Egyptologists firmly believe that a king by the name of Raneb (or Nebra) succeeded the first king of Egypt's 2nd Dynasty, Hotepsekhemwy. Of course, while we have little information about Raneb, his reign is important to us because of its chronological position during ...

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Anedjib in Wikipedia

As the fifth ruler of the First dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Anedjib (also Enezib, Adjib, or Andjyeb meaning "The Man with the Bold Heart" [1] or "Safe is his Heart" [2]) is poorly attested and fairly obscure within monumental records. He ruled over Egypt for 10 years. Anedjib was likely a son of Pharaoh Den. Several wives are known for Den, but ...

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Raneb in Wikipedia

Raneb was a king during the Second dynasty of Egypt. The Egyptian priest Manetho, calls Raneb Kaiechos and states that he ruled Egypt for 39 years but such a high figure is not confirmed from the few contemporary objects known from his reign. The king lists call him Kakau. Some scholars also read his serekh as Nebre, reversing the hieroglyphs....

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Semerkhet in Tour Egypt

SEMERKHET, THE 6TH KING OF EGYPT'S 1ST DYNASTY According to the limited information we have on Semerkhet, the traditional 6th king of Egypt's 1st Dynasty, he ruled Egypt for about nine years. This is from the Palermo Stone, but Manetho records his reign as 18 years, and notes that there were numerous disaster during his reign. This is probabl...

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Ninetjer (Nynetjer) in Tour Egypt

NINETJER (NYNETJER) THE THIRD KING OF EGYPT'S 2ND DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN As we descend into the murky far past of Egypt's history, there is no surprise that historical details become blurred, and this certainly applies to the period between the death of Qaa at the end of the 1st Dynasty and the accession of Netjerikhet Djoser in the 3rd Dyna...

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Djer (Itit) in Tour Egypt

Horus Djer or Itit (his nomen) was either the second or third ruler of the 1st dynasty. His reign came after that of Narmer and Aha, though which of these two kings actually founded the first dynasty is unsure. A majority of modern scholars seems to believe that Aha was the first king of that dynasty and so was the ruler who united Upper and L...

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Aha in Tour Egypt

1st Dynasty. Many people believe that Aha was actually King Menes of Memphis. Menes was the founding king of the 1st Dynasty, and was the first king to unify Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. Ancient Egypt's most predominant form of civilization began with his crowning, and did not end permanently until the beginning of the Roman era, which s...

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Hor-Aha in Wikipedia

The commonly-used name Hor-Aha is a rendering of the pharaoh's Horus-name, an element of the royal titulary associated with the god Horus, and is more fully given as Horus-Aha... Around the thirty-second century BC, his father, Narmer, had united Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. Hor-Aha became pharaoh at about the age of thirty and ruled until he was a...

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Djer in Wikipedia

Djer was the second or third pharaoh of the first dynasty of Egypt, which dates from approximately 3100 B.C. Some scholars, however, debate whether the first pharaoh, Menes or Narmer, and Hor-Aha might have been different rulers. If they were separate rulers, this would make Djer the third pharaoh in the dynasty. A mummified wrist of Djer or...

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