Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt was a dynasty of pharaohs that ruled in Upper Egypt during the late Second Intermediate Period, approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theban rulers are contemporary with the Hyksos of the Fifteenth Dynasty and succeed the Sixteenth Dynasty, which was also based in Thebes.
Sarcophagus of Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, Louvre Museum
Image: Red Granite Statue Of Sobkemsaf I(Detail) British Museum August 19 08
Image: Sekhemre Wepmaat Intef, Louvre
Image: Wooden Coffin Of Intef British Museum August 21 08
Upper Egypt is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the Nile River valley south of the delta and the 30th parallel N. It thus consists of the entire Nile River valley from Cairo south to Lake Nasser.
Image: Iry Hor name
Image: Ka vessel
Image: Kingscorpion