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Kellia inscription
The Kellia inscription is a Phoenician text found at Kellia on Cyprus, cataloged as KAI 36 and dated to year 11 of a Ptolemy, "lord of kings".
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.
Kerak Inscription
The Kerak Inscription, also called the El-Kerak Inscription, is a three-line Moabite-language inscription on polished basalt found at Kerak, Jordan, in 1958 and dated to the late 9th century BC.
Kesecek Köyü inscription
The Kesecek Köyü inscription is an Aramaic funerary relief inscription from cliffs above the Cydnus river near Tarsus, Cilicia, now held in the Yale Babylonian Collection.
Kesh Temple Hymn
The Kesh Temple Hymn, also called Liturgy to Nintud, is a Sumerian hymn praising the temple of Kesh, its hero Ašgi, and its lady Nintur, preserved from about 2600 BC.
Ketef Hinnom scrolls
The Ketef Hinnom scrolls, also called the Ketef Hinnom silver amulets, are two silver amulets found in a Jerusalem burial cave in 1979, bearing the Priestly Blessing and dating to about 600 BCE.
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.
Khaliut (son of Piye)
Khaliut was a prince of the Napatan kingdom of Kush and a son of king Piye, bearing the title Ruler of Kanad and later invoked by Aspelta.
Khaliut Stela
The Khaliut Stela is an obelisk-shaped stela found in 1920 at Jebel Barkal, Sudan, erected by King Aspelta for Prince Khaliut, a son of Piankhy.
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.
Kharamadoye inscription
The Kharamadoye inscription, cataloged as REM 0094, is a royal Meroitic text carved in the temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha, Lower Nubia, and the last known Meroitic inscription.
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.