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Kaikhenet II
Kaikhenet II was a Fifth Dynasty provincial official of the 10th Upper Egyptian nome, buried in rock-cut tomb A2 at El-Hammamiya and titled Chief of the Ten of Upper Egypt.
Kanefer (overseer of commissions)
Kanefer was a Fourth Dynasty official of Egypt's Old Kingdom who held the title overseer of commissions and was buried in mastaba G 1203 at Giza.
Khentika Ikhekhi
Khentika called Ikhekhi was a vizier of ancient Egypt in the early Sixth Dynasty, serving under Teti and probably Pepi I, buried in a mastaba at Saqqara.
Khety (nomarch of Asyut)
Khety I was a nomarch, or provincial governor, of Asyut during the First Intermediate Period, serving the Herakleopolitan Tenth Dynasty and owning rock-cut Tomb V at Asyut.
Khety (nomarch of the Oryx nome)
Khety was a nomarch of the 16th (Oryx) Upper Egyptian nome in the late 11th Dynasty of Egypt, buried in tomb BH17 at Beni Hassan, known for its 122 pairs of wrestlers.
Khubau
Khubau was a high official of late Old Kingdom Egypt, great overlord of the 8th Upper Egyptian nome around 2300 BCE, buried near King Pepy II's pyramid.
Khunes
Khunes was a high official and governor of Elephantine, Egypt's southern frontier, in the late Old Kingdom, buried in the largest tomb complex at Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan.
Mehu (vizier)
Mehu was a chief justice and vizier of Egypt in the early 6th Dynasty, serving under Teti and probably Pepi I, known from his richly decorated mastaba tomb at Saqqara.
Mekhu
Mekhu was a late Old Kingdom notable of Elephantine, Egypt, known as the father of the official Sabni and for his mortuary cult under Pepi II.
Merefnebef
Merefnebef, also known as Fefi, was a vizier of Egypt under the early Sixth Dynasty kings Teti and Weserkare, known from his tomb at Saqqara.
Mereruka
Mereruka was a vizier and chief justice under King Teti of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, married to Teti's daughter Waatetkhethor, and owner of the largest mastaba at Saqqara.
Meru (nomarch of the Cynopolite nome)
Meru, also called Bebi, was governor of the Hare nome, the 15th nome of Upper Egypt, early in the Sixth Dynasty under the kings Teti and Pepy I.
Meru (overseer of sealers)
Meru was an ancient Egyptian official, overseer of sealers under King Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty, known from graffiti, a stela, and tomb TT 240.
Meryteti
Meryteti, also printed Meriteti, was an ancient Egyptian official of the Sixth Dynasty who served as vizier under Pepy I and was buried in his father Mereruka's mastaba at North Saqqara.
Mesehti
Mesehti was a nomarch, the provincial governor of Asyut in Upper Egypt during the late Eleventh Dynasty, best known for the wooden model soldiers found in his tomb.
Metjen
Metjen, also rendered Methen, was a high official and territorial administrator of early Old Kingdom Egypt, whose mastaba at Saqqara holds one of the oldest known Egyptian autobiographies.
Nebet (vizier)
Nebet was a Sixth Dynasty noblewoman of ancient Egypt, usually described as the first known female vizier, wife of the official Khui and mother of two queens of Pepi I.
Neheri I
Neheri I, also written Nehri, was a nomarch, or provincial governor, of the Hare nome of Upper Egypt in the late 11th or early 12th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom.
Nekhebu
Nekhebu was a royal architect and overseer of all works of the king in ancient Egypt under the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi I, known from his tomb inscriptions at Giza.
Nenkhefetkai
Nenkhefetkai, also written Nenkheftka, was a late Old Kingdom Egyptian provincial official and mayor of his town, known from his rock-cut tomb and twelve statues excavated by Flinders Petrie at Deshasheh around 2350 BC.
Niankhba
Niankhba was a chief justice and vizier of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty who served King Unas around 2350 BC and was buried in a mastaba at Saqqara.
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were ancient Egyptian royal manicurists of the Fifth Dynasty, buried together at Saqqara in a shared tomb with reliefs of them embracing.
Nikaiankh I
Nikaiankh I, also written Nika-ankh, was a local official of Tehne in Upper Egypt during the early Fifth Dynasty, around 2450 BC, serving as Keeper of the King's Property.
Nikaiankh II
Nikaiankh II, also written Nika-ankh II, was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian provincial official whose rock-cut tomb no. 15 at Tehna, one of the Fraser tombs, is noted for its large engaged statues.
Nubian Mercenaries of Gebelein
The Nubian Mercenaries of Gebelein, also known as the Gebelein Nubians, were Nubian C-Group soldiers in Upper Egypt during the First Intermediate Period, known from archer grave stelae.
Pehenuikai
Pehenuikai, also written Pehenuka, was an ancient Egyptian official who served as Chief Justice and Vizier in the late Fifth Dynasty, known from his mastaba tomb at Saqqara.
Pepinakht-Heqaib
Pepinakht-Heqaib, also known as Hekaib or Pepinakht, was an Egyptian governor and expedition leader at Elephantine around 2250 BCE, deified after death with a cult lasting centuries.
Pepy-ankh the Black
Pepy-ankh the Black (Pepy-ankh Heny-kem) was a provincial ruler of Cusae in Middle Egypt during the late Sixth Dynasty, buried in the largest decorated tomb at Meir.
Pepyankh the Middle
Pepyankh the Middle was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official who served as vizier and overseer of Upper Egypt under Pepy II, buried in a large rock-cut tomb at Meir.
Perneb
Perneb was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian palace administrator whose mastaba tomb at Saqqara, built ca. 2381–2323 BCE, has stood in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1916.