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Kekheretnebti

Kekheretnebty, also written Khekeretnebty, was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, a daughter of King Djedkare Isesi buried at Abusir and known from a limestone relief in the Brooklyn Museum.

Keminub

Keminub was an ancient Egyptian queen with the title king's wife, buried at Dahshur near Amenemhat II's pyramid; her burial was plundered and no remains survive.

Kemsit

Kemsit was a royal woman of ancient Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, buried in a chapel-tomb at the funerary complex of King Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari, Thebes.

Kenamun

Kenamun, also written Kenamon or Qenamun, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who served as chief steward of king Amenhotep II and is known from his decorated tomb TT93 at Luxor.

Kenhirkhopeshef

Kenhirkhopeshef, also spelled Qenherkhepshef, was the scribe of the Tomb at Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II in the 19th Dynasty, best known for his papyrus library.

Kha (foreman of Deir el-Medina)

Kha, also known as Khaa, was the 18th Dynasty foreman who oversaw royal tomb building at Deir el-Medina, serving under Amenhotep II, Thutmose IV, and Amenhotep III.

Khaba

Khaba is a Horus name borne by a pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty, dated to about 2640 BCE and associated with the unfinished Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan near Giza.

Khababash

Khababash, also spelled Khabash or Chababash, was an Egyptian rebel who assumed full pharaonic kingship against the second Persian rule of Egypt, around 338–336 BC, ruling from Memphis.

Khabekhnet (workman)

Khabekhnet was a 19th-Dynasty Egyptian workman at Deir el-Medina, the village of royal-tomb craftsmen, who served under Ramesses II, was the eldest son of Sennedjem, and owned Theban Tomb TT2.

Khaemhat

Khaemhat, also known as Mahu, was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official, royal scribe and Overseer of the Granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt under Amenhotep III.

Khaemwaset (son of Ramesses II)

Khaemwaset, also written Khaemweset, was a son of Ramesses II who served as High Priest of Ptah at Memphis and inscribed Old Kingdom monuments at Saqqara.

Khaemwaset (son of Ramesses III)

Khaemwaset was a prince of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, a son of Ramesses III who served as sem-priest of Ptah and was buried in tomb QV 44 in the Valley of the Queens.

Khaemwaset (vizier)

Khaemwaset was governor of the city and vizier of Egypt under Ramesses IX, attested in years 16 and 17 of that reign during the late 20th Dynasty.

Khafre

Khafre (Chephren), Fourth Dynasty Egyptian king, son of Khufu, father of Menkaure; built Giza's second pyramid (143.5 m, cased in Tura limestone) and the Great Sphinx, with a granite valley temple and the statue Khafre Enthroned.

Khafre Enthroned

Khafre Enthroned is a life-size seated diorite statue of the Egyptian king Khafre from Dynasty 4, found in his Giza Valley Temple in 1860 and now in Cairo.

Khakheperreseneb

Khakheperreseneb, also spelled Khakheperresenb, is an ancient Egyptian literary author, a priest of Heliopolis known as the speaker of the lament called the Complaints of Khakheperreseneb.

Khamerernebty (princess)

Khamerernebty was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, daughter of King Nyuserre Ini and wife of the vizier Ptahshepses, known from builders' inscriptions in his mastaba at Abusir.

Khamerernebty I

Khamerernebty I, also spelled Khamerernebti I, was a queen of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty around 2600 BCE, recorded as the wife of Khafre and mother of Menkaure.

Khamerernebty II

Khamerernebty II, also written Khamerernebti II, was a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian royal woman, recorded wife of King Menkaure and mother of Khuenre, buried in tomb G 8978 at Giza.

Khamudi

Khamudi, also written Khamudy, was the last king of the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty, ruling from Avaris until his defeat by Ahmose I ended Hyksos rule around 1540 BC.

Khamure

Khamure was a king of Egypt's Fourteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, ruling in the eastern Nile Delta. He is known only from scarab seals bearing his royal name.

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.

Khasekhemwy's campaign against Nubia

Khasekhemwy's campaign against Nubia was a military action in Nubia by Khasekhemwy, last king of Egypt's Second Dynasty, after he reunified Egypt in the Early Dynastic period.

Khasekhemwy's suppression of the northern revolt

Khasekhemwy's suppression of the northern revolt was a late Second Dynasty campaign ending Egypt's civil conflict, recorded on statue bases with tallies of 47,209 and 48,205 slain.

Khaset (nome)

Khaset was the sixth nome, or province, of Lower Egypt in ancient Egypt, bearing the Mountain bull emblem and centered on its capital Khasu, the Greek Xois.

Khawy

Khawy was a guardian, an official in charge of stores and equipment, in the workmen's community of Deir el-Medina under Ramesses II in Egypt's 19th Dynasty.

Khay (vizier)

Khay was a vizier of ancient Egypt under Ramesses II, holding the equivalent of a prime minister's office from about year 26 to year 45 of the reign.

Khedebneithirbinet

Khedebneithirbinet, also written Khedebe-Neith-Ir-Binet, is an ancient Egyptian royal woman usually identified as a wife of the pharaoh Nectanebo II, though her dynasty is disputed.

Khendjer

Userkare Khendjer was a king of Egypt's 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, reigning around 1764–1759 BC and buried in the only completed 13th Dynasty pyramid, at South Saqqara.

Khenemet

Khenemet (Khnumet or Khnumit) was an Egyptian princess of the 12th Dynasty, probably a daughter of Amenemhat II, buried in an undisturbed tomb at Dahshur.