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Neferefre

Neferefre, also known as Ranefer or Raneferef, was a Fifth Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the eldest son of Neferirkare Kakai and Queen Khentkaus II.

Neferhetepes (princess)

Neferhetepes was an Old Kingdom Egyptian princess, attested by an inscribed lintel in mastaba G 4714 in the Western Cemetery at Giza, distinct from her royal namesakes.

Neferhetepes (royal woman)

Neferhetepes was a royal woman of Egypt's late Fourth Dynasty, identified as a daughter of King Djedefre and, by some scholars, as the mother of Userkaf, first king of the Fifth Dynasty.

Neferhotep (foreman of Deir el-Medina)

Neferhotep was the name of two related foremen of the royal tomb workmen at Deir el-Medina in Egypt, serving from Horemheb's reign into that of Sety II.

Neferhotep I

Neferhotep I, also known as Khasekhemre Neferhotep, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty who reigned around 1740 BC, one of the dynasty's most powerful rulers.

Neferhotep II

Neferhotep II, throne name Mersekhemre, was a pharaoh of the late Thirteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, known chiefly from two statues found at Karnak in 1904.

Neferhotep III

Neferhotep III, throne name Sekhemre Sankhtawy, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Theban 16th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period, reigning about one year around 1629–1628 BC.

Neferirkare (Dynasty 8)

Neferirkare II was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's Eighth Dynasty, probably its last king, known only from king lists and credited with a reign of 1½ years around 2119–2118 BC.

Neferirkare Kakai

Neferirkare Kakai was the third king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty in the mid-25th century BC, buried in an unfinished pyramid at Abusir whose temple archive is the earliest known hieratic script.

Neferitatjenen

Neferitatjenen was a royal woman of Egypt's early Twelfth Dynasty, remembered as a wife of Amenemhat I and the mother of his successor Senusret I.

Neferkahor

Neferkahor was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, placed in the Eighth Dynasty of the First Intermediate Period around 2180 BC and known mainly from the Abydos King List.

Neferkamin

Neferkamin, also written Neferkamin I, was a pharaoh of late Old Kingdom Egypt around the 22nd century BC, known only from the Abydos King List.

Neferkamin Anu

Neferkamin Anu was a poorly attested pharaoh of late Old Kingdom Egypt, reigning around 2170 BCE after Pepy II and known only from entry 52 of the Abydos King List.

Neferkara I

Neferkara I, also written Neferka, is an obscure Egyptian king usually placed in the Second Dynasty, known only from later king lists with no contemporary inscriptions.

Neferkare II

Neferkare II, also written Neferkara II, was a poorly attested pharaoh of Egypt's Eighth Dynasty around 2180 BC, known only from entry 42 of the Abydos king list.

Neferkare Iymeru

Neferkare Iymeru (Iymeru Neferkara) was a vizier of ancient Egypt's Thirteenth Dynasty, serving under Sobekhotep IV and known from a Karnak stela and two statues.

Neferkare Neby

Neferkare Neby, also written Neferkara Neby, was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighth Dynasty during the late Old Kingdom, known only from entry 43 on the Abydos King List.

Neferkare Pepiseneb

Neferkare Pepiseneb was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighth Dynasty at the end of the Old Kingdom, around 2170 BC, known only from the Abydos King List and the Turin Canon.

Neferkare Tereru

Neferkare Tereru was an obscure Egyptian pharaoh of the late Old Kingdom, around 2181–2160 BC, known only from entry 49 of the Abydos king list, between Nikara and Neferkahor.

Neferkare VIII

Neferkare VIII was a poorly attested pharaoh of Egypt's Heracleopolitan period (Dynasty 9 or 10, around 2160–2040 BC), known only from the damaged Turin King List.

Neferkasokar

Neferkasokar is a poorly attested king of ancient Egypt's Second Dynasty, placed between Ninetjer and Khasekhemwy and known only from Ramesside king lists and later tradition.

Neferkauhor

Neferkauhor was a pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling from Memphis around 2122–2120 BC for about two years, and is the dynasty's most richly documented ruler thanks to decrees found at Coptos.

Neferkaure

Neferkaure, also written Neferkaura, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the late Eighth Dynasty who reigned from Memphis around the close of the 22nd century BC.

Nefermaat

Nefermaat was a prince and vizier of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty who served under King Sneferu and owned a huge tomb at Meidum, home of the famous Meidum Geese painting.

Neferneferuaten

Neferneferuaten, female king (pharaoh) of Egypt's late Amarna Period with throne name Ankhkheperure, ruled briefly between Akhenaten and Tutankhamun; most likely Nefertiti, attested to Year 3 in TT 139.

Neferneferuaten Tasherit

Neferneferuaten Tasherit was an ancient Egyptian princess, fourth of the six daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, born around year 8 of his reign at Amarna.

Neferneferure

Neferneferure was an ancient Egyptian princess, the fifth of the six daughters of pharaoh Akhenaten and Nefertiti, born around year 8 and dead by year 14.

Neferperet

Neferperet was an ancient Egyptian treasurer under King Ahmose I in the early Eighteenth Dynasty, known from quarry stelae at el-Maasara dating to regnal year 22.

Neferronpet (High Priest of Ptah)

Neferronpet, also written Neferrenpet (Egyptian Nfr-rnpt), was a 19th-Dynasty Egyptian official who served as Vizier and High Priest of Ptah at Memphis under Ramesses II.

Nefertari

Nefertari, favourite Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II (19th Dynasty, c. 1250 BC), famed for tomb QV66 in the Valley of the Queens and her Abu Simbel temple; her mummified legs in Turin were authenticated in 2016.