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Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period

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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.

Third Dynasty of Egypt

The Third Dynasty of Egypt, also written Dynasty 3, was an early Old Kingdom royal house, c. 2687–2632 BC, whose king Djoser built the first pyramid.

Ti (overseer of pyramids)

Ti was a 5th Dynasty Egyptian official who oversaw the pyramids of Niuserre and controlled the royal family's farms, buried in a finely decorated mastaba at Saqqara.

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.

Tjauti

Tjauti was an ancient Egyptian official, nomarch of the 5th Upper Egyptian nome and overseer of Upper Egypt, known from a rock inscription about reopening a desert road.

Tjetji

Tjetji was a chief treasurer of the Theban 11th Dynasty who served kings Intef II and Intef III, known from his autobiographical stela in the British Museum.

Triad of Menkaure

The Triads of Menkaure are greywacke statues of the Fourth Dynasty king Menkaure flanked by Hathor and a nome personification, found at Giza in 1908.

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.

Uni (Egyptian official)

Uni, also called Weni, was an Old Kingdom Egyptian official who served the Sixth Dynasty kings Teti, Pepi I, and Merenre around 2350–2288 BC, known from his long tomb inscription at Abydos.

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.

Wadi Hammamat inscriptions

The Wadi Hammamat inscriptions (Hammamat inscriptions) are hundreds of rock inscriptions and graffiti at Egypt's Eastern Desert greywacke quarries, carved from the Old Kingdom into the Roman Period.

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.

Wahtye

Wahtye was a royal purification priest of King Neferirkare Kakai in Fifth Dynasty Egypt, known from his painted rock-cut tomb at Saqqara, discovered by an Egyptian mission in November 2018.

Wars of Intef the Great

The Wars of Intef the Great were the campaigns of the Theban king Intef II against the Herakleopolitan kingdom, winning Thebes all of southern Egypt.

Washptah

Washptah, also written Weshptah, was a vizier, chief judge, and chief architect under Fifth Dynasty King Neferirkare Kakai, whose tomb biography records his death at court.

Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt

Weni's appointment as Governor of Upper Egypt was the Sixth Dynasty king Merenre's promotion of the official Weni, the first commoner known to hold the post.

Weni's Nubian campaign

Weni's Nubian campaign was a series of missions by the Egyptian official Weni to Nubia under King Merenre in the late Sixth Dynasty, around the 23rd century BC.

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.