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Qahedjet
Qahedjet, or Horus Qahedjet, is the Horus name of an Egyptian king of the late Third or early Fourth Dynasty, known chiefly from a limestone stela in the Louvre.
Raemka
Raemka, also written Raemkai, was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian prince, called 'king's bodily son', known from a Saqqara tomb chapel he took over from the official Neferiretnes.
Rahotep (prince)
Rahotep was a prince of early Fourth Dynasty Egypt, generally taken as a son of Snofru, known from his Meidum mastaba and his famous painted statues with his wife Nofret.
Rekhetre
Rekhetre, also written Rekhit-Ra', was a king's daughter and king's wife of Old Kingdom Egypt, a daughter of Khafre buried in mastaba G 8530 at Giza.
Reptynub
Reptynub, also written Reputneb, was a queen consort of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, known as the wife of King Nyuserre Ini and attested by a statue found at Abusir.
Sahure
Sahure, also written Sahura, was the second king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, reigning c. 2487–2475 BCE; his pyramid at Abusir set the model for later royal monuments.
Sanakht
Sanakht, also known as Sanakhte, is the Horus name of a pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty, attested by a Sinai relief and seal impressions and traditionally identified with Nebka.
Sedjes
Sedjes is a putative pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Third Dynasty, known only from the Abydos king list; other lists give Hudjefa or omit the position entirely.
Sekhemkare (prince)
Sekhemkare was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a son of King Khafre who served as chief justice and vizier and was buried in tomb G 8154 at Giza.
Sekhemkhet
Sekhemkhet, also known as Sekhemket, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty who succeeded Djoser and reigned about six years, known for the unfinished Buried Pyramid at Saqqara.
Sesheshet
Sesheshet, also spelled Seshestet, was an Egyptian king's mother, mother of Teti, first king of the Sixth Dynasty, whose pyramid was found at Saqqara in 2008.
Seshseshet (daughter of Teti)
Seshseshet, also known as Watetkhethor, was an Egyptian royal princess of the Sixth Dynasty, eldest daughter of King Teti and wife of the vizier Mereruka.
Setibhor
Setibhor was a queen consort of the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi of ancient Egypt, known only from her pyramid complex at South Saqqara, identified in 2018.
Setka (prince)
Setka was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, an eldest son of king Djedefre, known almost entirely from a rose granite scribe statuette in the Louvre.
Setut
Setut is a barely attested king of the Heracleopolitan Ninth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, in the First Intermediate Period, known only from the damaged Turin King List.
Shepseskaf
Shepseskaf was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, the last king of the line that built the Giza pyramids, and the son and successor of Menkaure.
Shepseskare
Shepseskare, also written Shepseskara, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, known almost entirely from seal impressions and later king lists.
Sheretnebty
Sheretnebty, also known as Sheret-Nebti, was a Fifth Dynasty Egyptian princess, probably a daughter of King Niuserre, known from her rock-cut tomb at Abusir South, excavated in 2012 and 2013.
Sneferukhaf
Sneferukhaf, also written Snefrukhaf, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, son of Nefermaat and grandson of Nefertkaw, buried in mastaba G 7070 at Giza.
Teti
Teti, also known as Othoes, was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning from about 2345 to 2333 BC and buried in a pyramid at Saqqara.
Thamthis
Thamthis, also spelled Tamphthis, is a putative last king of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, placed after Shepseskaf and before Userkaf; no contemporary inscription names him, and his existence is disputed.
Tisethor
Tisethor was a girl of the royal family of King Djedkare Isesi of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, buried in the South Field at Abusir, likely a daughter of princess Khekeretnebty.
Udjebten
Udjebten, also written Wedjebten, was a queen consort of Pepi II of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, buried in a pyramid at South Saqqara whose burial chamber bore Pyramid Texts.
Userkaf
Userkaf, also read Weserkaf, was the first pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, reigning around 2494–2487 BC, who built his pyramid at Saqqara and the earliest known sun temple in Egyptian history at Abu Gurab.
Userkare
Userkare was the second pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, reigning for two to four years around 2334 BC between Teti and Pepi I, possibly a usurper who left no tomb.
Wadjkare
Wadjkare, meaning "Fresh Is Ka of Re," is the throne name of a poorly attested Egyptian king traditionally assigned to the 8th Dynasty, known mainly from three inscriptions.
Wahkare Khety
Wahkare Khety, also known as Khety III or Wahkare Akhtoy, was a pharaoh of the Heracleopolitan Tenth Dynasty around 2100–2050 BC, father and predecessor of Merikare.
Wepemnofret
Wepemnofret, also written Wepemnefret, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and a son of King Khufu, known from a limestone slab stela excavated at Giza in 1903.
Weret-yamtes
Weret-yamtes was a royal wife of Pepi I, a 6th Dynasty king of Egypt's Old Kingdom, accused in a harem conspiracy recorded in Weni's autobiography.
Wetka
Wetka, also written Tuka or Tuwka, was a prince of Egypt's Old Kingdom, known only from relief scenes in the Giza tomb chapel of his father Khufukhaf I.