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Iaib
Iaib, also read Ibiaw, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty with the throne name Wahibre, known chiefly from the Turin King List and a scarab in Los Angeles.
Iamunedjeh
Iamunedjeh, also written Amunedjeh, was an 18th-Dynasty Egyptian official who served Thutmose III as first royal herald and owned Theban tomb TT 84 at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, later usurped by the high priest Mery.
Iaret
Iaret was a royal woman of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, a wife of Thutmose IV attested around 1400 to 1390 BCE on rock monuments in Nubia and Sinai.
Ibi (chief steward of Nitocris)
Ibi was chief steward of Nitocris I, God's Wife of Amun, in Thebes during the 26th Dynasty, active in the early seventh century BC under Psammetichus I.
Ibi (nomarch of Thinis)
Ibi was a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian provincial governor who served under Pepi I, Merenre, and Pepi II, known from his autobiographical tomb inscription at Deir el-Gebrawi.
Ibi (pharaoh)
Qakare Ibi was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighth Dynasty, reigning about two years and owning the last royal pyramid built at Saqqara, excavated by Gustave Jéquier.
Ibi (vizier of Pepi II)
Ibi (Jbj) was a 6th-Dynasty Egyptian official, governor of the 12th Upper Egyptian nome under Merenre and Pepy II, buried in a rock tomb at Deir el-Gebrawi; despite his label, he was not a vizier.
Ibiaw
Ibiaw was a vizier of ancient Egypt during the 13th Dynasty of the late Middle Kingdom, holding the highest administrative office, second only to the king.
Idi (governor of Elephantine)
Idi, also written Idy, was an 8th Dynasty Egyptian official and son of the vizier Shemay, appointed Governor of Upper Egypt over the seven southernmost nomes by king Neferkauhor.
Idu (official of Pepi I)
Idu was an ancient Egyptian official of the Sixth Dynasty who served King Pepi I and was buried in mastaba tomb G 7102 in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza.
Idu II
Idu II, conventionally called Idu II of Dendera, was a nomarch of Upper Egypt under Pepi II, the last king of Dynasty 6, in the late Old Kingdom.
Idudju-iker
Idudju-iker was an Egyptianized Lower Nubian ruler of the early Eleventh Dynasty, known from a biographical stela found at South Abydos recording his alliance with Thebes.
Idut
Idut, also called Seshseshet, was a royal woman of late Old Kingdom Egypt, traditionally a daughter of King Unas, whose decorated Saqqara mastaba was usurped from the vizier Ihy.
Idy (nomarch of Coptos)
Idy, also written Idi, was a nomarch of Coptos in Upper Egypt during the late Eighth Dynasty, appointed overseer of Upper Egypt by king Neferkauhor and later attested as vizier.
Ihtubi
Ihtubi, also known as Iti-ibi or Tefibi, was a nomarch, or provincial governor, of Asyut in Middle Egypt during the 21st century BCE, under the Herakleopolitan Tenth Dynasty.
Ihy (overseer of the treasury)
Ihy was a high-ranking official of Egypt's late Fifth Dynasty under King Unas, buried in a mastaba at Saqqara and credited with the vizier's title.
Ikhernofret
Ikhernofret was a royal treasurer and seal-bearer who served Senusret III in Egypt's 12th Dynasty, best known from a stela describing the Osiris mysteries at Abydos.
Imenmes
Imenmes was an Egyptian official of the New Kingdom's 18th Dynasty who served as chief of Amun's flocks, overseeing the god Amun's cattle; he is known from Louvre stele C 286.
Imhotep
Imhotep (Imouthes), Third Dynasty Egyptian vizier and architect credited with Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, c. 2667–2600 BCE; later deified as god of wisdom and medicine and identified by Greeks with Asclepius.
Imiseba
Imiseba was an ancient Egyptian official, a priest and chief of the temple archives of the estate of Amun at Karnak in the late Twentieth Dynasty.
Imyremeshaw
Imyremeshaw, whose throne name was Semenkhkare, was a king of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, dated to about 1759 BC and known chiefly from the Turin King List.
Inaros II
Inaros II, son of Psammetichus, was a Libyan chief who led Egypt's revolt against Persian rule in the 460s BC and was crucified in 454 BC.
Inaros II's revolt
Inaros II's revolt, also known as the Revolt of Inaros, was an Egyptian uprising against Persian rule led by the Libyan prince Inaros, c. 460-454 BC, with Athenian support.
Incest in ancient Egypt
Incest in ancient Egypt covers royal sibling marriage across pharaonic history and the distinctive commoner brother-sister marriage documented in Roman Egypt census returns, reaching inbreeding coefficients several times higher than any other recorded population.
Ined
Ined, with the throne name Mersekhemre, was a king of the late Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known almost entirely from the Turin King List, which credits him with a reign of just over three years.
Ineni
Ineni, also rendered Anena or Anna, was an Egyptian official of Dynasty 18 who directed the granaries of Amun and the king's works at Thebes under Amenhotep I and later kings.
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.
Inherkhau
Inherkhau, also Inerkhau or Anherkhau, was a foreman of the left side of the royal Tomb at Deir el-Medina in the 12th century BC; his tomb, TT359, is open to the public.
Ini (pharaoh)
Ini, also written Iny or Inii, was a ruler of Thebes in ancient Egypt's Third Intermediate Period, reigning about 739–734 BC under the throne name Menkheperre.
Inscription of Ankhtifi
The Inscription of Ankhtifi, also called the Autobiography of Ankhtify, is the autobiographical text of nomarch Ankhtifi, carved in his rock-cut tomb at Mo'alla, Upper Egypt.