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Khenemetneferhedjet I
Khenemetneferhedjet I, also called Weret, was a Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian queen, wife of pharaoh Senusret II and probably the mother of Senusret III, buried with a pyramid at Dahshur.
Khenemetneferhedjet II
Khenemetneferhedjet II, also called Khnemetneferhedjet II or Weret II, was an Egyptian queen consort, probably the principal wife of King Senwosret III of the 12th Dynasty.
Khenemetneferhedjet III
Khenemetneferhedjet III was a royal woman of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, identified in one reconstruction as a wife of Amenemhat III and buried inside his pyramid at Dahshur.
Khenmes
Khenmes was a high official of ancient Egypt who held the office of vizier during the Thirteenth Dynasty, associated with King Sekhemkare Amenemhat V in the early part of that dynasty.
Khenmet
Khenmet, also written Khnumet, was a Twelfth Dynasty Egyptian royal woman, probably a daughter of Amenemhat II, whose intact tomb with a gold diadem was found at Dahshur in 1895.
Khentetka
Khentetka, also written Khentetenka, was a queen of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a wife of King Djedefre and mother of at least three of his sons.
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.
Khentika Ikhekhi
Khentika called Ikhekhi was a vizier of ancient Egypt in the early Sixth Dynasty, serving under Teti and probably Pepi I, buried in a mastaba at Saqqara.
Khentkaus I
Khentkaus I, also written Khentkawes, was an Egyptian queen of the late Fourth and early Fifth Dynasty around 2500 BC, whose two-stepped Giza tomb was called the fourth pyramid of Giza.
Khentkaus II
Khentkaus II was a queen of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, the wife of King Neferirkare Kakai and mother of the kings Raneferef and Nyuserre, known from her pyramid complex at Abusir.
Khentkaus III
Khentkaus III, also known as Khentakawess III, was a previously unknown queen of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, identified in 2015 from inscriptions in a tomb at Abusir.
Khenut
Khenut was a queen consort of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, a wife of King Unas, buried in a double mastaba with queen Nebet at North Saqqara.
Khepri
Khepri (Kheprer, Khepera) is the ancient Egyptian morning-sun god, depicted as a scarab beetle or scarab-headed man; his name means 'he who comes into being'. Unlike Ra (midday) and Atum (evening), he had no dedicated cult, but scarab amulets invoked him for rebirth.
Kheti (treasurer)
Kheti, also spelled Khety, was a royal treasurer of Egypt's 11th Dynasty serving King Mentuhotep II around 2051–2000 B.C., known from his large tomb at Deir el-Bahari.
Kheti (vizier)
Kheti, also rendered Khety, was a vizier of Egypt's 12th Dynasty under Amenemhat III, second only to the king in the state hierarchy, with an office at Lahun near the king's pyramid at Hawara.
Khety (Herakleopolitan king)
Khety, in Greek Achthoes, is the family name of the royal house that ruled Egypt from Herakleopolis during Dynasties 9 and 10 of the First Intermediate Period.
Khety (nomarch of Asyut)
Khety I was a nomarch, or provincial governor, of Asyut during the First Intermediate Period, serving the Herakleopolitan Tenth Dynasty and owning rock-cut Tomb V at Asyut.
Khety (nomarch of the Oryx nome)
Khety was a nomarch of the 16th (Oryx) Upper Egyptian nome in the late 11th Dynasty of Egypt, buried in tomb BH17 at Beni Hassan, known for its 122 pairs of wrestlers.
Khnum
Khnum (Khnemu) was the ram-headed ancient Egyptian creator god who shaped humans on a potter's wheel and guarded the Nile's source, worshipped chiefly at Elephantine with Satet and Anuqet and at the Temple of Esna.
Khnumhotep I
Khnumhotep I was a provincial governor of the Oryx nome in Middle Egypt who served Amenemhat I and was buried in rock-cut tomb BH 14 at Beni Hassan.
Khnumhotep II
Khnumhotep II was a high-ranking Egyptian official of the 12th Dynasty, Administrator of the Eastern Desert, known for his Beni Hassan tomb with its famous procession of 37 Asiatics.
Khnumhotep II's inscription on Asiatics
An inscription in Khnumhotep II's Beni Hasan tomb, dated to year 6 of Senusret II, recording 37 Aamu who came for eye-paint, led by Abisha.
Khnumhotep III
Khnumhotep III was a high steward and later vizier of Egypt's 12th Dynasty under Senusret II and Senusret III, buried in a mastaba at Dahshur near the king's pyramid.
Khnumhotep IV
Khnumhotep IV was an ancient Egyptian provincial official of the Twelfth Dynasty, son of Khnumhotep II, whose unfinished tomb BH 4 at Beni Hassan was the last rock tomb cut there.
Khonsuemheb and the Ghost
Khonsuemheb and the Ghost is an Egyptian ghost story of the New Kingdom, in which a high priest of Amun meets a spirit whose tomb has fallen into ruin.
Khubau
Khubau was a high official of late Old Kingdom Egypt, great overlord of the 8th Upper Egyptian nome around 2300 BCE, buried near King Pepy II's pyramid.
Khuenre
Khuenre, also printed Khuenra, was an Egyptian prince of the Fourth Dynasty, the eldest son of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II, buried at Giza.
Khufu
Khufu (Cheops), Fourth Dynasty pharaoh reigning about 2509–2483 BC, builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza; muon scans found a 30 m void and a hidden corridor, and his Wadi el-Jarf papyri record its construction.
Khufu Statuette
The Khufu Statuette is a small ivory figure of King Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, the only surviving three-dimensional image of him bearing his name.
Khufukhaf I
Khufukhaf I, also written Khafkhufu, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a son of King Khufu who served as vizier and was buried at Giza.