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Pharaohs of the Second Dynasty of Egypt: Khasekhemwy, Weneg, Raneb, Seth-Peribsen, Hotepsekhemwy, Nynetjer, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Senedj

Pharaohs of the Second Dynasty of Egypt: Khasekhemwy, Weneg, Raneb, Seth-Peribsen, Hotepsekhemwy, Nynetjer, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Senedj


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Chapters: Khasekhemwy, Weneg, Raneb, Seth-Peribsen, Hotepsekhemwy, Nynetjer, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Senedj. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Khasekhemwy (d. 2686 BC; sometimes spelled Khasekhemui) was the fifth and final king of the Second dynasty of Egypt. Little is known of Khasekhemwy, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built several monuments, still extant, mentioning war against the Northerners. His name means "The Two Powerful Ones Appear." 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 of the gods Horus and Set. Others believe he defeated the reigning king, Seth-Peribsen, after returning to Egypt from putting down a revolt in Nubia. Either way he ended the infighting of the Second dynasty and reunited Egypt. Khasekhemwy is unique in Egyptian history as having both the symbols of Horus and Set on his serekh. Some Egyptologists believe that this was an attempt to unify the two factions; but after his death, Set was dropped from the serekh permanently. Secondly, he was the earliest Egyptian king known to have built statues of himself. Khasekhemwy apparently undertook considerable building projects upon the reunification of Egypt. He built in stone at el-Kab, Hierakonpolis and Abydos. He apparently built a unique, as well as huge, tomb at Abydos, the last such royal tomb built in that necropolis (Tomb V). The trapezoidal tomb measures some 70 meters (230 ft) in length and is 17 meters (56 ft) w...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=445486


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157264019
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157264018
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Khasekhemwy, Weneg, Raneb, Seth-Peribsen, Hotepsekhemwy, Nynetjer, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Senedj
  • Width: 229 mm


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