Khayu
| Khayu | |||||||||
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 Khayu as he is depicted on the Palermo Stone | |||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||
| Reign | Unknown | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Hsekiu | ||||||||
| Successor | Tiu | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Predynastic Period | ||||||||
Khayu was a predynastic pharaoh of Lower Egypt who is mentioned as the fourth ruler on the Palermo Stone. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition,[2] or may even be completely fictitious.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ From: Palermo Stone
- ^ Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
- ^ O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
- ^ Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.
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