• The Saqqara Tablet, now in the Egyptian Museum, is an ancient stone engraving surviving from the Ramesside Period of Egypt which features a list of pharaohs...
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    Saqqara (Arabic: سقارة : saqqāra[t], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [sɑʔːɑːɾɑ]), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English /səˈkɑːrə/, is an Egyptian...
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    Turin King List and the Abydos King List record five kings, while the Saqqara Tablet only records four, and Manetho records nine, many of whom did not exist...
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    The Serapeum of Saqqara was the ancient Egyptian burial place for sacred bulls of the Apis cult at Memphis. It was believed that the bulls were incarnations...
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    is the oldest known life-sized Egyptian statue. Today, at the site in Saqqara where it was found, a plaster copy of it stands in place of the original...
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    capital, as in the First Dynasty, but the first three kings were buried at Saqqara, suggesting the center of power had moved to Memphis. Beyond this, little...
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    Neheb Wazner, also Wazenez, Wadjenedj and possibly Wenegbu Mekh …a Saqqara Tablet List of pharaohs Dodson, Aidan (2004) The Complete Royal Families of...
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    scribes. Abydos King List (Ramesses II) Karnak king list Palermo Stone Saqqara Tablet Turin King List Medinet Habu king list Dominic Perry (15 August 2023)...
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    and Elephantine and in local quarries at Hatnub and Wadi Hammamat. At Saqqara two terracotta figures of the goddess Bastet were found, on which, at their...
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    Netjer-nub-sekhem Nṯr-nb.w-sḫm Powerful golden falcon Abydos King List Khafre Ḫꜥ.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra Saqqara Tablet Khafre Ḫꜥw.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra...
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    ancient Egyptian king list mentioning Shepseskare is the Saqqara Tablet (on the 28th entry). The tablet was inscribed during the reign of Ramesses II (1279–1213...
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    seven-stepped structure, built in a similar manner to the Djoser complex at Saqqara. Modifications later were made to add another platform, and at an even...
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    Archaeology and Anthropology. The tomb of one of Qa'a's state officials at Saqqara—a certain nobleman named Merka—contained a stele with many titles. There...
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    list at the temple of Ramesses II (c. 1279–1213 BC) in Abydos. In the Saqqara Tablet from the tomb of the chief lector priest and chief of works Tjuneroy...
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    limestone. Contains most of the New Kingdom pharaohs up to Ramesses II. Saqqara Tablet (19th Dynasty), carved on limestone. Very detailed, but omitting most...
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    p.376 Michel Vallogia, Études sur l'Ancien Empire et la nécropole de Saqqara (Fs Lauer) 1997. p.418 Vallogia, op. cit., p.418 Verner, p.377 Clayton...
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    Netjer-bik-nebu Nṯr-bjk-nb.w The divine golden falcon Abydos King List Menkaure mn-kꜣ.w-rꜥ His Kas will stay like Ra Saqqara Tablet ...kaure ...kꜣ.w-rꜥ...
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    since he ruled for only a few years. However, he erected a step pyramid at Saqqara and left behind a well known rock inscription at Wadi Maghareh (Sinai Peninsula)...
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    II in the 19th Dynasty. His tomb chapel contained the famous Saqqara Tablet. At Saqqara, Tjuneroy is mainly known from objects found in his tomb. He came...
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    Njswt-Hw or Hw-en-Niswt plausible. Huni is also attested in mastaba L6 at Saqqara, attributed to the official Metjen and dating to the end of the third dynasty...
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    name in parenthesis. Abydos King List Manetho King List Palermo Stone Saqqara Tablet Turin King List or Turin Papyrus Medinet Habu king list Accompanied...
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    also recorded on Entry 65 of the Abydos King List and Entry 38 of the Saqqara Tablet, both of which date to the New Kingdom. In spite of the Turin canon...
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    subsequent reign of Ramses II (fl. 1279–1213 BC), Neferefre appears on the Saqqara Tablet, this time after Shepseskare, that is as a second successor to Neferirkare...
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    BCE), Neferirkare's prenomen was recorded on the 27th entry of the Saqqara Tablet, but this time as a successor of Sahure and predecessor of Shepseskare...
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    necropolis at Umm el-Qa'ab. He may also have built the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara. An inscription on a stone vase records him “fighting the northern enemy...
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    the reign of Seti I (1290–1279 BC). Unas' name is also present on the Saqqara Tablet (32nd entry) and on the Turin canon (third column, 25th row), both of...
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    ivory tablets. Manetho indicates that the First Dynasty ruled from Memphis – and indeed Herneith, one of Djer's wives, was buried nearby at Saqqara. Small...
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    the reign of Seti I (1290–1279 BC). Djedkare is also present on the Saqqara Tablet (31st entry) where he is listed under the name "Maatkare", probably...
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    king and length of the reign are completely lost in the lacuna. The Saqqara Tablet also notes a king between Khafre and Menkaure, but here too, the name...
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    early Egyptian kings. In the Ramesside period, she is mentioned in the Saqqara Tablet, and Turin King List, but is conspicuously excluded from the Abydos...
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