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Menkheperre (prince)
Menkheperre was a prince of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty and a son of the pharaoh Thutmose III, known chiefly from a British Museum statuette showing him leading princesses.
Menkheperreseneb (High Priest of Amun)
Menkheperreseneb, also written Menkheperre-seneb, is the name of one or two High Priests of Amun at Thebes in the early 18th Dynasty, under Thutmose III.
Menna (18th Dynasty official)
Menna was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian official who administered royal and temple fields as Scribe of the Fields, known from his painted Theban tomb TT69 at Luxor.
Mentuherkhepeshef A
Mentuherkhepeshef A was a prince of Egypt's 19th Dynasty, the fifth son of Ramesses II, who held chariotry titles, never became king, and is known from a block statue in Boston.
Mentuhotep (god's father)
Mentuhotep was an ancient Egyptian official who held the title god's father under King Sobekhotep III of the 13th Dynasty, and is known from six monuments.
Mentuhotep (treasurer of Senusret I)
Mentuhotep, also transcribed Montuhotep, was a royal treasurer of Egypt's 12th Dynasty serving King Senusret I around 1950 BC, best known for his Abydos stela and many Karnak statues.
Mentuhotep (vizier)
Mentuhotep was a high official of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty under King Senusret I, called vizier in some studies and treasurer in others, with a large tomb at Lisht.
Mentuhotep I
Mentuhotep I, also Montuhotep Tepy-aa, was a Theban nomarch of the Eleventh Dynasty, traditionally counted as its first ruler, though some scholars doubt he was ever king.
Mentuhotep II
Mentuhotep II, also known as Nebhepetre Mentuhotep, was an Eleventh Dynasty king at Thebes who reunified Egypt after the First Intermediate Period, founding the Middle Kingdom around 2055 BC.
Mentuhotep II's Nubian campaigns
Mentuhotep II's Nubian campaigns were the military actions of the Eleventh Dynasty king Mentuhotep II against Lower Nubia, called Wawat, after reunifying Egypt, reaching Buhen.
Mentuhotep III
Mentuhotep III, also known as Sankhkare Mentuhotep, was an Eleventh Dynasty pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled from Thebes around 2010-1998 BC and sent an expedition to Punt.
Mentuhotep IV
Mentuhotep IV, also known as Nebtawyre Mentuhotep, was the seventh and last king of the Theban Eleventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt, ending around 1991 BC.
Menua
Menua, also spelled Menuas or Minua, was king of Urartu from about 810 BC, who consolidated the kingdom and built the Şamran canal still watering the Van plain.
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.
Merbaal
Merbaal, transmitted in Greek as Merbalos and Latinized as Merbal, was king of Tyre for four years, recalled from Babylon to restore the monarchy after the judges period.
Mercenary War
Mercenary War, or Truceless War (241-237 BCE): revolt of Carthage's unpaid mercenaries and Libyan subjects after the First Punic War, crushed by Hamilcar Barca and Hanno the Great, leading to Rome's seizure of Sardinia and Corsica.
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.