Sanakht
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Sanakht is the Horus name of an ancient Egyptian king of the Third Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His chronological position is highly uncertain, and it is also unclear under which Hellenized name th
Relief fragment of Sanakht in the pose of smiting an enemy. Originally from the Sinai, now EA 691 on display at the British Museum.
Sekhemkhet
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Sekhemkhet was an ancient Egyptian king of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His reign is thought to have been from about 2648 BC until 2640 BC. He is also known under his later traditioned birt
Sanakht
…known of Sanakht's activities during his reign. The presence of reliefs depicting him in the Sinai at Wadi Maghareh together with those of Djoser and Sekhemkhet suggest an important Egyptian presence there at the time of the Third Dynasty. Expeditions were launched to that location for the procurement of mineral…
Cartouche name Teti from the Abydos king list.
"Smiting the enemy" relief. Wadi Maghareh, Sinai peninsula. Sekhemkhet wearing the deshret crown on the right.
Archival photographs show the now-lost serekh of Sekhemkhet in situ before being removed, presumably looted during the first Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula.
A hoard of 21 gold bracellets and a shell shaped container found in Sekhemkhet's pyramid tomb on display at the Egyptian Museum.