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Amenemhat I, also Amenemhet I, was the first ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty (the dynasty considered to be the beginning of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt). He ruled from 1991 BC to 1962 BC.Amenemhet I was not of royal lineage, and the composition of some literary works (the Prophecy of Neferti,the Instructions of Amenemhat) and, [...]

Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (2046 BC – 1995 BC) was a Pharaoh of the 11th dynasty, the son of Intef III of Egypt and a minor queen called Iah. His own wife was the ‘king’s mother’ Tem. Other wives were Neferu (his sister) and five women buried in his funerary complex. His only known son was [...]

Pepi II (reigned c. 2278 BC–c. 2184 BC) 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 [...]

Menkaura (or Men-Kau-Re; Mycerinus in Latin; Mykerinos in Greek) was a pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt (c. 2620 BC–2480 BC) who ordered the construction of the third and smallest of the Pyramids of Giza. His main queen was Khamerernebty II.
Some authors date his rule between 2532 BC–2504 BC or 28 years but the [...]

There is no agreement on the date of his reign; some authors say it was between 2558 BC and 2532 BC; this dynasty is commonly dated ca. 2650 BC–2480 BC. While the Turin King List length for his reign is blank, and Manetho’s exaggerates his reign as 66 years, most scholars believe it was between [...]

Khufu was the son of King Sneferu and Queen Hetepheres. Unlike his father, Khufu is remembered as a cruel and ruthless pharaoh in later folklore. Khufu had nine sons, one of whom, Djedefra, was his immediate successor. He also had fifteen daughters, one of whom would later become Queen Hetepheres II.
Khufu came to his throne [...]

Snefru was the first king of the fourth dynasty of Ancient Egypt, who according to Manetho reigned for 24 years (2613-2589 BCE).
Manetho was an Egyptian priest, living in the third century BCE, who categorized the pharaohs of dynastic Egypt into 31 dynasties.Manetho’s schematic has its flaws, nevertheless, modern scholars conventionally follow his method of grouping. [...]

Netjerikhet or Djoser (Turin King List “Dsr-it”; Manetho “Tosarthros”) is the best-known pharaoh of the Third dynasty of Egypt. He commissioned his official, Imhotep (ca. 2650-2600 BC), to build the first of the pyramids, a step pyramid for him at Saqqara. Variants of his name include Zoser, Dzoser, Zozer, Dsr, Djeser, Djésèr, Horus-Netjerikhet, and Horus-Netjerichet.
Though [...]

Khasekhemwy is normally placed as the successor of Seth-Peribsen, though some Egyptologists believe that another Pharaoh, Khasekhem, ruled between them. Most scholars, however, believe Khasekhem and Khasekhemwy are, in fact, the same person. Khasekhem may have changed his name to Khasekhemwy after he reunited Upper and Lower Egypt after a civil war between the followers [...]

Djer is the second or third pharaoh of the first dynasty of Egypt, which dates from approximately 3100 B.C. Djer’s Horus name means “Horus who succours”.
The Abydos King List lists the second pharaoh as Teti, the Turin Canon lists Iteti, while Manetho lists Athothis. Some scholars, however, debate whether the first pharaoh, Menes or Narmer, [...]