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Pepy II (Neferkare)

According to tradition, Pepi II was the last ruler of Egypt’s  6th Dynasty, and in fact the last significant ruler of the Old Kingdom prior to the onset of what Egyptologists call the  Fist Intermediate Period. We are told that … Continue reading

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Userkaf

Userkaf, traditionally the first ruler of the  5th Dynasty is, like most of the other kings of the dynasty, not well attested. We are even uncertain of his father, though he may have been a priest. His mother was probably … Continue reading

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Snefru

Snefru is credited as being the first pharaoh of Egypt’s 4th Dynasty. Snefru (Sneferu, Snofru) was the king’s birth name. His Horus name was Nebmaat, but his royal titulary was the first to have his other name, Snefru, enclosed within … Continue reading

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Sekhemkhet (Djoser Teti)

King Sekhemkhet 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 … Continue reading

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Qa'a

Seal impressions and artifacts have also been discovered in Tomb Q with the name of Hetepsekhemwy, the first pharaoh of the second dynasty.  This suggests that Hetepsekhemwy completed Tomb Q, and that there was no real break between the first … Continue reading

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Anendjib

Today, we lament the lack of information on some of Egypt’s earliest dynastic kings, but in reality, we are perhaps lucky to have as much information as we do on these kings who’s lives were lived, and than past almost … Continue reading

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