Hotepsekhemwy

Reign: c. 2840 BC
Throne name: Hotep
Other names: Bedjau, Bedjatau, Baunetjer, Boethos, Bochos
Dynasty: 2nd Dynasty
Period: Early Dynastic Period, c. 3000–2700 BC
Capital at the time: Memphis

Hotepsekhemwy is listed in the king list under ‘2nd Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000–2700 BC). Reign: c. 2840 BC. The throne name is Hotep. Other recorded names: Bedjau, Bedjatau, Baunetjer, Boethos, Bochos.

What is known about Hotepsekhemwy

From now on the rulers are buried at Saqqara. According to Manetho, Egypt suffered a severe earthquake under him.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.

The period: Early Dynastic Period

The first dynasties consolidate the unified state. Administration, writing, royal ideology and the cult of the dead take on the form that will shape Egypt for the next 3,000 years.

from c. 2980 BCRoyal tombs at Abydos (Umm el-Qa’ab) and large mudbrick mastabas of high officials at Saqqara.
c. 2950 BCDjer leads campaigns into Nubia.
c. 2920 BCIvory year labels, such as those of King Den, record festivals and events: a forerunner of historical writing.
c. 2740 BCKhasekhemwy wages war in Lower Egypt and celebrates the reunification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

More about this period: Early Dynastic Period

Hotepsekhemwy

What is known about Hotepsekhemwy

The period: Early Dynastic Period

2nd Dynasty: all rulers

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