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Neheri I
Neheri I, also written Nehri, was a nomarch, or provincial governor, of the Hare nome of Upper Egypt in the late 11th or early 12th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom.
Neheri II
Neheri II, also transcribed Nhri or Nehri, was a governor of the Hare nome in Upper Egypt during the early Twelfth Dynasty, buried in rock-cut tomb 7 at Deir el-Bersha.
Nehesy
Nehesy, throne name Aasehre, was a king of Egypt's Fourteenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, around 1705 BC, ruling from Avaris in the north-eastern Nile Delta.
Nehmes Bastet
Nehmes Bastet, also written Nehemes-Bastet, was a chantress of Amun, a temple singer of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty, whose intact burial was found in tomb KV64 in 2012.
Nehri I
Nehri I was a governor, or great overlord, of the 15th Upper Egyptian (Hare) nome in Middle Kingdom Egypt, buried in a rock-cut tomb at Deir el-Bersha and known from inscriptions at the Hatnub alabaster quarries.
Nehsi
Nehsi, also spelled Nehesi, was an Eighteenth Dynasty Egyptian treasurer under Queen Hatshepsut, best known for leading her trading expedition to the Land of Punt.
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.
Nekauba
Nekauba, Greek form Nechepsos, is a disputed early ruler of Sais in the Egyptian Delta, placed by Manetho before Necho I with a six-year reign and no contemporary attestation.
Nekhebu
Nekhebu was a royal architect and overseer of all works of the king in ancient Egypt under the Sixth Dynasty pharaoh Pepi I, known from his tomb inscriptions at Giza.
Nekhen nome
The Nekhen nome, also called the Hierakonpolite nome, was the third nome of Upper Egypt, an administrative division centered on Nekhen, known in Greek as Hierakonpolis, near Edfu.
Nekure
Nekure, also rendered Nikaure, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, known from his mastaba tomb G 8158 in the Giza necropolis.
Neni (queen)
Neni was an ancient Egyptian queen consort of the Thirteenth Dynasty, known only from stelae; her royal husband is disputed between Sobekhotep II and Sobekhotep III.
Nenkhefetkai
Nenkhefetkai, also written Nenkheftka, was a late Old Kingdom Egyptian provincial official and mayor of his town, known from his rock-cut tomb and twelve statues excavated by Flinders Petrie at Deshasheh around 2350 BC.
Nephthys
Nephthys (Nebt-het, "Lady of the House") is an ancient Egyptian funerary goddess, sister of Isis, Osiris, and Seth, wife of Seth, mourner of the dead, and protectress of the canopic deity Hapi.
Nerikare
Nerikare was a king of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty during the late Middle Kingdom, known today only through an entry in the Turin King-list, with no surviving monuments.
Nesamun (priest of Amun)
Nesamun was a Second Prophet of Amun at Thebes at the end of the 20th Dynasty, son of the High Priest Ramessesnakht, attested under Ramesses IX and Ramesses XI.
Neserkauhor
Neserkauhor was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom, reported as a son of King Djedkare Isesi and buried in the royal necropolis at Abusir.
Neshor
Neshor, also written Nesuhor, was a general and administrator of Egypt's 26th Dynasty under Psamtik II and Apries, appointed governor of the Door of the Southern Countries at Elephantine.
Nesiarchos
Nesiarchos, or nesiarch (Greek νησίαρχος), was the civilian head of the League of the Islanders, a Cycladic federation under Ptolemaic patronage in the early 3rd century BC.
Nesisti-Pedubast
Nesisti-Pedubast was a High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in Ptolemaic Egypt, appointed in 263/2 BC; he is the earliest high priest known from the Ptolemaic era.
Nesitanebetashru
Nesitanebetashru is the name of two Egyptian women of the late 21st Dynasty, 10th century BC, one buried in the Royal Cache at Deir el-Bahari.
Nesitaudjatakhet
Nesitaudjatakhet is an obscurely attested royal woman of ancient Egypt's 22nd Dynasty, a family of Libyan descent that ruled the eastern Delta from Tanis and Bubastis from 945 BC.
Neskhons
Neskhons, also known as Nesykhonsu, was a principal wife of the High Priest of Amun Pinedjem II at Thebes during Egypt's 21st Dynasty, around 988–966 BC.
Nespamedu
Nespamedu was a southern (Theban) vizier of the late 25th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known from a granite statue found at Karnak and as the father of the vizier Nespaqashuty.
Nespaqashuty (vizier)
Nespaqashuty, also written Nespakashuty, was a vizier and Overseer of Upper Egypt under Pharaoh Psamtik I, attested in 651 BC and buried in tomb TT 312 at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes.
Nespaqashuty C
Nespaqashuty C was an ancient Egyptian of the 25th Dynasty, father of the vizier Nespamedu and grandfather of the vizier Nespaqashuty D, who lived in Tanis and was buried at Abydos.
Nesptah
Nesptah, also rendered Nes-Ptah, was the name of two related Theban officials of the late 25th and early 26th Dynasties, around 650 BC: Montuemhat's father and his eldest son.
Nesyamun
Nesyamun was a scribe and priest of Amun at Karnak, Thebes, who died under Ramesses XI; his mummy and coffin are displayed at Leeds City Museum.
Neterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II
Neterkheperre Meryptah, called Pipi II, was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis in the 21st Dynasty, a contemporary of the kings Psusennes I through Siamun.
Netjerkare Siptah
Netjerkare Siptah, also known as Neitiqerty Siptah, is the conventional name of an Egyptian pharaoh placed at the end of the Sixth Dynasty, around 2184–2181 BC.