Khasekhemwy
Final King of the Second dynasty of Egypt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC; Ḫꜥj-sḫm.wj, also rendered Kha-sekhemui) was the last Pharaoh of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. Little is known about him, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built the mudbrick fort known as Shunet El Zebib.
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Reign | 18 years ca. 2690 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Sekhemib-Perenmaat or Seth-Peribsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Djoser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Consort | Nimaathap, Menka (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Djoser Hetephernebti Sekhemkhet ? Sanakht ? Shepset-ipet ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2686 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burial | Tomb V at Umm el-Qa'ab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monuments | Shunet ez Zebib, fort of Nekhen,[2] Gisr el-Mudir ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | 2nd Dynasty |
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His Horus name Ḫꜥj-sḫm.wj can be interpreted "The Two Powerful Ones Appear",[3] but the name is recorded in many variants, such as Ḥr-Ḫꜥj-sḫm (Horus, he whose power appears), ḫꜥj sḫm.wj ḫtp nṯrwj jm=f (the two powers appear in that the ancestors rest within him) (etc.)[4][lower-alpha 1]