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Merankhre Mentuhotep

Merankhre Mentuhotep, styled Mentuhotep VI, is a poorly attested pharaoh of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, known mainly from a statuette found at Karnak in 1904.

Merdjefare

Merdjefare, a pharaoh of the 14th Dynasty in the Second Intermediate Period, ruled the Nile Delta around 1699 BC and is known mainly from the Turin King List.

Merefnebef

Merefnebef, also known as Fefi, was a vizier of Egypt under the early Sixth Dynasty kings Teti and Weserkare, known from his tomb at Saqqara.

Merenhor

Merenhor was an ancient Egyptian king around 2180 BC, during the collapse of the Old Kingdom, known only from his name on the Abydos King List, with no tombs or inscriptions of his found.

Merenre Nemtyemsaf I

Merenre Nemtyemsaf I (Merenre I, Nemtiemzaf), Sixth Dynasty Old Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt, successor and son of Pepi I, reigned ca. 2255–2246 BC, led Nubian expeditions via Harkhuf, visited Aswan, and was buried in a Saqqara pyramid inscribed with Pyramid Texts.

Merenre Nemtyemsaf II

Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, also written Merenre II, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty who ruled for about one year at the end of the Old Kingdom.

Merenre's visit to the First Cataract

Merenre's visit to the First Cataract was a journey by Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Merenre to Aswan and Elephantine, where Nubian chiefs submitted to him, recorded in rock inscriptions.

Mereret (ancient Egyptian princess)

Mereret, also written Meret, was a royal woman of Egypt's 12th Dynasty, a king's daughter whose scarab seals and pectorals were found at Dahshur in 1894.

Mereruka

Mereruka was a vizier and chief justice under King Teti of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, married to Teti's daughter Waatetkhethor, and owner of the largest mastaba at Saqqara.

Meresamun

Meresamun was an Egyptian woman of Thebes who lived about 800 BC and held the title Singer in the Interior of the Temple of Amun, known from her unopened mummy in Chicago.

Meresankh I

Meresankh I was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the late Third Dynasty. She is presumed to be the mother of Sneferu and perhaps the wife of Huni.

Meresankh II

Meresankh II was a royal woman of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, identified as a daughter of Khufu and buried in mastaba G 7410 in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza.

Meresankh III

Meresankh III was a royal woman of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a granddaughter of Khufu and wife of Khafre or possibly Menkaure, known for her well-preserved tomb in the Eastern Cemetery at Giza.

Meret-Isesi

Meret-Isesi was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, a daughter of King Djedkare Isesi named among his daughters buried at Abusir.

Meretnebty

Meretnebty was a queen consort of King Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, around 2487–2475 BC, known from reliefs at his pyramid complex at Abusir.

Meretseger (queen)

Meretseger is a putative queen consort of Senusret III, a Twelfth Dynasty king of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, known only from a contested pectoral found at Dahshur.

Merhotepre Ini

Merhotepre Ini, also known as Ini I, was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt whose roughly two-year reign is dated to circa 1700-1698 BC.

Merikare

Merikare, also written Merykare or Merykara, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Herakleopolitan 10th Dynasty during the First Intermediate Period, best known from the Teaching for King Merikare.

Merit (wife of Kha)

Merit was the wife of Kha, the foreman who oversaw construction of royal tombs at Deir el-Medina in the second half of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, around 1450–1400 BCE.

Meritamen (daughter of Ramesses II)

Meritamen, also written Meritamun or Merytamen, was a daughter of Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari who later became his Great Royal Wife; her tomb is QV 68.

Meritamen C and D (daughters of Thutmose III)

Meritamen C and D were princesses of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, likely daughters of the pharaoh Thutmose III, flourishing around 1450 BC during the New Kingdom.

Meritaten

Meritaten, also Merytaten, was an Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty, eldest daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Great Royal Wife of Smenkhkare, and possibly the female pharaoh Neferneferuaten.

Meritaten Tasherit

Meritaten Tasherit was a princess of Egypt's late Amarna period, 18th Dynasty, presumed daughter of Meritaten and granddaughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, known only from a few inscriptions at Amarna and Ashmunein.

Meritites I

Meritites I, also known as Merytyotes, was a queen of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty and a wife of King Khufu, known from monuments at Giza, including a false-door inscription.

Meritites II

Meritites II was a princess of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, probably a daughter of King Khufu and Queen Meritites I, buried at Giza with her husband Akhethetep.

Meritites IV

Meritites IV was a queen consort of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, a daughter of Pepi I and wife of a king Neferkare, presumably Pepi II, around 2250 BC.

Merka

Merka was a high official and priest at the court of King Qa'a near the end of Egypt's 1st Dynasty, known from his funerary stela and mastaba 3505 at North Saqqara.

Merkare

Merkare was a pharaoh of the Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, one of the late rulers during the Second Intermediate Period, before the dynasty fell to the Hyksos around 1650 BC.

Merkheperre

Merkheperre was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, known only from his throne name in the Turin King List and a stone weight in the Petrie Museum.

Merneferre Ay

Merneferre Ay, also written Merneferre Aya, was a Thirteenth Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt around 1700 BC whose 23-year reign was the dynasty's longest.