A nomarch (Ancient Greek: νομάρχης, Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into...
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Nome (Egypt) (section Nomarch)
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...
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free dictionary. User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also...
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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...
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Egypt, nomarchs, gained considerable power. Their posts had become hereditary, and some nomarchs entered into marriage alliances with the nomarchs of neighboring...
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Intef I (category Nomarchs)
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...
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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...
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Djefaihapi (category Nomarchs)
such as Hepzefa, Hapidjefa, Hapdjefai, and Djefaihap. Djefaihapi was a nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt, headquartered in Asyut, as well as a...
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Mentuhotep I (category Nomarchs)
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...
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Khnumhotep II (category Nomarchs)
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...
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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...
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shared with Niankhkhnum Khnumhotep I, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat I (12th Dynasty) Khnumhotep II, a nomarch under pharaoh Amenemhat II and Senusret...
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Khui (category Nomarchs)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Amenemhat / Ameny Nomarch of the 16th nome of Upper Egypt Amenemhat (middle) receives offerings. Drawing of a decoration from his tomb Predecessor Nakht...
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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...
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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...
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Oryx nome (section Nomarchs of the Oryx nome)
Herakleopolis, the nomarch of the Oryx nome Baqet III switched from neutrality to an allegiance to the Thebans. Subsequent nomarchs managed to gather a...
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Heqaib (category Nomarchs)
Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb, was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st nomos of Upper Egypt ("Land of the Bow") under king Pepi II Neferkare, towards...
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pharaoh (13th or 16th Dynasty) Senusret (vizier) Senusret (nomarch), 12th Dynasty nomarch at Elkab This page or section lists people that share the same...
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(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...
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(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...
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Djehutihotep (category Nomarchs)
Djehutihotep ("Thoth is satisfied") was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the fifteenth nomos of Upper Egypt ("the Hare") during the twelfth dynasty, c....
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official) Ptahhotep (5th dynasty official) Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty nomarch) Hedjhotep (minor deity) Hetepheres I, Hetepheres II (4th dynasty queens)...
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according to Herodotus, required every Egyptian to declare annually to the nomarch, "whence he gained his living". Under the Ptolemies and the Romans several...
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Ukhhotep II (category Nomarchs)
the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty. Ukhhotep II was a nomarch of the 14th nomos of Upper Egypt, headquartered in Cusae. He also held...
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the Memphite kings and powerful nomarchs, notably in Coptos, the Eighth Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the nomarchs of Heracleopolis Magna, who founded...
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Djehutynakht (category Nomarchs)
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...
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administration. As the power of the kings diminished, regional governors called nomarchs began to challenge the supremacy of the office of king. This, coupled with...
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