Sanakhte (Nebka)

Sanakhte (Nebka) in Tour Egypt

SANAKHTE, A MYSTERIOUS KING OF EGYPT'S 3RD DYNASTY BY JIMMY DUNN. Uncertainty swirls around the placement, and also the events of the 3rd Dynasty king known as Sanakhte (Sanakht). He may have been Nebka, who was known to manetho, and listed on both the Turin Cannon and the Abydos king list as the first king of this dynasty. However, this is p...

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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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