Beni Hasan
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Beni Hasan is an ancient Egyptian funerary site cut into the limestone cliffs that form the eastern edge of the Nile Valley. It lies in Middle Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile about 20 kilometers s
The tombs of Khety and Baqet III
Entrance to tomb BH14 of Khnumhotep I.
Tombs BH3, BH4 and BH5: the tombs of Khnumhotep II and Khnumhotep IV are in the foreground. Photograph by Henri Béchard, 1870–1880, Museo Egizio photographic archive, INV07_002.
Khety represented in tomb BH17.
Khety (BH17)
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Khety was an ancient Egyptian local governor of the Oryx nome in Middle Egypt in the Eleventh Dynasty or Twelfth Dynasty.
Beni Hasan
…nomarchs, were buried in rock-cut tombs excavated in the limestone cliff; well-known examples include the tombs of Amenemhat, Khnumhotep II, Baqet III and Khety. During the Old Kingdom and the first half of the Middle Kingdom, the office of nomarch appears often to have been hereditary, with local dynasties…
Khety in front of offering table