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Wadjenes
- Reign
- c. 2790 BC
- Throne name
- Weneg?
- Other names
- Outlas/Tlas
- Dynasty
- 2nd Dynasty
- Period
- Early Dynastic Period, c. 3000–2700 BC
- Capital at the time
- Memphis
Wadjenes is listed in the king list under ‘2nd Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: Early Dynastic Period (c. 3000–2700 BC). Reign: c. 2790 BC. The throne name is Weneg?. Other recorded names: Outlas/Tlas.
What is known about Wadjenes
Not attested contemporaneously. Possibly identical with Weneg, Sekhemib or Peribsen.
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
2nd Dynasty: all rulers
- Hotepsekhemwy
- Nebra
- Nynetjer
- Nubnefer
- Weneg
- Wadjenes
- Senedj
- Sekhemib
- Peribsen
- Neferkare I/Aaka
- Neferkasokar
- “Hudjefa I”
- Hor-Seth-Khasekhemwy
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