A nomarch (Ancient Greek: νομάρχης, Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into...

was a territorial division in ancient Egypt. Each nome was ruled by a nomarch (Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ, "Great Chief"). The number of nomes changed...

Intermediate Period and for some of the Middle Kingdom period it was common for nomarchs (someone who oversees/controls a government specified area) to be hereditary...

free dictionary. User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also...

Egypt, nomarchs, gained considerable power. Their posts had become hereditary, and some nomarchs entered into marriage alliances with the nomarchs of neighboring...

official dating to the early 12th Dynasty. He was a local governor (a nomarch) of the nome of Nekhen, and is so far only known from his rock-cut tomb...

Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and the first member of the 11th Dynasty to lay claim to a...

Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great") may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate...

Beni Hasan and its decorations. He was a member of a powerful family of nomarchs and officials which was likely founded by his grandfather Khnumhotep I...

Upper Egypt and seat of its nomarch. During the wars of the First Intermediate Period (c. 2181 – c. 2055 BCE), Ankhtifi, nomarch of Hierakonpolis, demanded...

Jürgen von Beckerath has proposed, or he may instead have been a provincial nomarch who proclaimed himself king. Khui is not known from historical sources...

was the rise in power of the provincial nomarchs. Towards the end of the Old Kingdom the positions of the nomarchs had become hereditary, so families often...

(nomarch), in Asyut during the 9th or 10th Dynasty Khety II (nomarch), in Asyut during the 10th Dynasty and grandson of Khety I Khety (BH17), nomarch in...

Khety II was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") during the reign of pharaoh Merykare of the 10th Dynasty...

Amenemhat / Ameny Nomarch of the 16th nome of Upper Egypt Amenemhat (middle) receives offerings. Drawing of a decoration from his tomb Predecessor Nakht...

Khety I was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") during the 10th dynasty (c. 21st century BCE, during the...

shared with Niankhkhnum Khnumhotep I, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat I (12th Dynasty) Khnumhotep II, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat II and Senusret...

Djehutihotep ("Thoth is satisfied") was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the fifteenth nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Hare") during the twelfth dynasty, c....

networks had been established by this date. From 3500 BC, nomes (ruled by nomarchs) coalesced to form the kingdoms of Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt in northeast...

(2345–2181 BC) the power of the pharaoh gradually weakened in favor of powerful nomarchs (regional governors). These no longer belonged to the royal family and...

Herakleopolis, the nomarch of the Oryx nome Baqet III switched from neutrality to an allegiance to the Thebans. Subsequent nomarchs managed to gather a...

pharaoh (13th or 16th Dynasty) Senusret (vizier) Senusret (nomarch), 12th Dynasty nomarch at Elkab This page or section lists people that share the same...

such as the Elder, the Great (= Intef-aa) or born of Iku, was a Theban nomarch during the First Intermediate Period c. 2150 BC and later considered a...

official) Ptahhotep (5th dynasty official) Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty nomarch) Hedjhotep (minor deity) Hetepheres I, Hetepheres II (4th dynasty queens)...

Mesehti was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") around 2000 BCE, during the 11th Dynasty. He also was...

ancient Egyptian nobleman, administrator, and military commander. The nomarch of Nekhen and a supporter of the pharaoh in Heracleopolis Magna (10th Dynasty)...

the Memphite kings and powerful nomarchs, notably in Coptos, the Eighth Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the nomarchs of Heracleopolis Magna, who founded...

united under the Middle Kingdom. This dynasty traces its origins to a nomarch of Thebes, "Intef the Great, son of Iku", who is mentioned in a number...

six nomarchs bearing it are known, two of whom – the fourth and the fifth respectively – were married to a wife with the same name. If this nomarch was...

the Right Side of the King Haty-a High steward Iry-pat Khekeret-nisut Nomarch Overseer of cattle Overseer of fields Overseer of the treasuries Overseer...