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Anedjib
Anedjib, also rendered Adjib or Enezib, was a king of Egypt's First Dynasty, buried in Tomb X at Abydos between Den and Semerkhet; his reign was likely under 12 years.
Benerib
Benerib was a royal woman of the Egyptian First Dynasty, linked to King Aha by inscribed objects from tomb B14 at Abydos, though no title names her.
Betrest
Betrest, also rendered Batirytes, was a royal woman of Egypt's First Dynasty, known from the annal tradition as the mother of Semerkhet, Anedjib's successor.
Djer
Djer, probably the king-list name Iti, was the third king of Egypt's First Dynasty, buried in Tomb O at the Umm el-Qaab necropolis at Abydos.
Djet
Djet, also Wadj, was a pharaoh of Egypt's First Dynasty who reigned around 3000–2990 BCE between Djer and Den, buried in Tomb Z at Abydos with about 174 retainers.
Double Falcon
Double Falcon is the conventional name for a putative ruler of Egypt's Dynasty 0, around 3200–3000 BC, attested only by five serekhs surmounted by two facing falcons.
Hedju-Hor
Hedju-Hor, also read Hedjw-Hor, is a putative Predynastic ruler of Lower Egypt known only from serekhs incised on pottery jars found in the eastern Nile Delta.
Herneith
Herneith was a royal woman of Egypt's First Dynasty, thought to have been the wife of king Djer and buried in a large mastaba at Saqqara.
Horus Bird
Horus Bird is a disputed royal serekh, a poorly detailed bird sign found on stone-vessel fragments at Saqqara and Abydos, linked to the close of the First Dynasty.
Horus Sa (possible Egyptian king)
Horus Sa is a possible early Egyptian king of the Thinite period, known only from about thirty-nine ink-inscribed stone vessel fragments found beneath Djoser's pyramid at Saqqara.
Hotepsekhemwy
Hotepsekhemwy, also written Hetepsekhemwy and later recorded as Bedjau or Boethos, was the first king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, succeeding Qa'a around 2845 BC; his tomb at Saqqara remains debated.
Hsekiu
Hsekiu, recorded in hieroglyphs as Seka, is a predynastic king of Lower Egypt named only in the Palermo Stone royal annals, where he stands second among the preserved Delta kings and is generally regarded as legendary.
Hudjefa I
Hudjefa I is the conventional designation for a nameless pharaoh of Egypt's Second Dynasty, around 2711 BC, known only from later king lists; "hudjefa" means "erased", a scribe's note marking an illegible name.
Inetkaes
Inetkaes, also rendered Intkawes or Inetkawes, was a royal daughter of the pharaoh Djoser, first king of Egypt's 3rd Dynasty, known only from inscriptions at Heliopolis and Saqqara.
Iry-Hor
Iry-Hor is an early Egyptian king of Dynasty 0, the phase before the First Dynasty, dated around 3000 BC and known from inscribed vessels and his tomb at Abydos.
Khasekhemwy
Khasekhemwy, also known as Khasekhem, was the last king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, reigning around 2700 BCE. His monuments include his Abydos tomb and the Shunet el-Zebib enclosure.
Khenthap
Khenthap, also written Khent-hap, was a royal woman of Egypt's early First Dynasty, named in the annals stone as the mother of King Djer around 3050 BC.
Merneith
Merneith (Meritneith, Meryt-Neith) was a First Dynasty Egyptian royal woman around 3000 BC, probably wife of Djet, mother of Den, and possibly Egypt's earliest female ruler.
Nakhtneith
Nakhtneith, also spelled Naktneith, was a royal woman of Egypt's 1st Dynasty around 3000 BC, known only from a name-stela found in King Djer's funerary complex at Umm el-Qaab, Abydos.
Nebka
Nebka is the throne name of a pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty, recorded first in the Abydos king list and Turin Canon, though scholars debate whether he was Sanakht.
Nebra (Egyptian pharaoh)
Nebra, also written Raneb and called Kakau in later king lists, was the second king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, reigning around 2800 BCE and the first ruler to place the sun god in his royal name.
Neferkara I
Neferkara I, also written Neferka, is an obscure Egyptian king usually placed in the Second Dynasty, known only from later king lists with no contemporary inscriptions.
Neferkasokar
Neferkasokar is a poorly attested king of ancient Egypt's Second Dynasty, placed between Ninetjer and Khasekhemwy and known only from Ramesside king lists and later tradition.
Neithhotep
Neithhotep was a queen of Egypt's First Dynasty around 3100 BC, one of the earliest named women in Egyptian history, known from a large mastaba tomb at Naqada.
Ni-Neith
Ni-Neith is the name Egyptologists give to a putative ruler of Dynasty 0, predating Egypt's First Dynasty, known only from a single inscription at Helwan.
Nimaathap
Nimaathap, also rendered Nimaethap, was an Egyptian royal woman of the late Second and early Third Dynasties, probably the wife of King Khasekhemwy and mother of King Djoser.
Ny-Hor
Ny-Hor, also rendered Ni-Hor, is a putative ruler of late predynastic Egypt's Dynasty 0, placed before Narmer around 3200 BC and attested only by serekhs on vessels, with no tomb known.
Nynetjer
Nynetjer, also known as Ninetjer and Binothris, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Second Dynasty, reigning about 43 to 45 years around 2780 BC and buried at Saqqara.
Peribsen
Peribsen, also known as Seth-Peribsen, was a king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, ruling c. 2660–2650 BC, the only Egyptian king to place Seth above his serekh.
Scorpion I
Scorpion I, or Horus Scorpion I, is the conventional name for a late Predynastic Egyptian ruler of about 3200 BC, thought to be buried in tomb U-j at Abydos.