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Neferkare Khendu
- Dynasty
- 8th Dynasty
- Period
- First Intermediate Period, c. 2200–2040 BC
- Capital at the time
- Memphis, Herakleopolis, Thebes
Neferkare Khendu is listed in the king list under ‘8th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: First Intermediate Period (c. 2200–2040 BC). No exact reign dates have survived.
What is known about Neferkare Khendu
Known only from the Abydos King List.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: First Intermediate Period
Central authority collapses. Nomarchs rule their provinces largely independently. Later the royal houses of Herakleopolis in the north and Thebes in the south struggle for supremacy.
- c. 2180 BC8th Dynasty: many short-reigning kings at Memphis, most of them known only from king lists.
- c. 2140 BCHerakleopolis (9th/10th Dynasties) and Thebes (11th Dynasty) fight for control of the country.
- c. 2100 BCCoffin Texts: spells for the afterlife, once reserved for the king, now also appear on the coffins of officials.
- c. 2080 BCThe ‘Teaching for King Merikare’ presents itself as the advice of a king of this period to his son, a classic of Egyptian wisdom literature.
More about this period: First Intermediate Period
8th Dynasty: all rulers
- Netjerkare
- Menkare
- Neferkare
- Neferkare Neby
- Djedkare Shemai
- Neferkare Khendu
- Merenhor
- Neferkamin
- Nikare I (Ni-ka-Re)
- Neferkahor
- Neferkare Pepiseneb
- Neferkamin Anu
- Ibi
- Neferkaure
- Neferkauhor Khuwihapi
- Neferirkare II (Nefer-ir-ka-Re)
- Sekhemkare (Ankhkare)
- Wadjkare
- Iti
- Imhotep
- Hotep
- Khui
- Isu
- Iytjenu
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