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Hor-Aha's chief wife was Benerib, whose name was "written alongside his on a number of [historical] pieces, in particular, from tomb B14 at Abydos, Egypt". [16] [17] [18] Tomb B14 is located directly adjacent to Hor-Aha's sepulchre. [19] Hor-Aha also had another wife, Khenthap, [20] with whom he became father of Djer. She is mentioned as Djer's ...
In 1991, in the desert near the temple of Khasekhemwy near Abydos, archaeologists uncovered the remains of fourteen ships dating back to the early first dynasty (2950–2775 BC), possibly associated with Hor-Aha. These 75-foot-long (23 m) ships are buried side by side and have wooden hulls, rough stone boulders which were used as anchors, and ...
In a 2013 study based on radiocarbon dates, the accession of Hor-Aha, the second king of the First Dynasty, was placed between 3111 and 3045 BC with 68% confidence, and between 3218 and 3035 with 95% confidence. [3]
Benerib was a wife of pharaoh Hor-Aha, [2] but she was not the mother of his heir, Djer.The mother of king Djer is named as Khenthap, another wife of Hor-Aha.Benerib is thought to be the wife of Hor-Aha based on ivories found in her tomb at Abydos which show his name.
Most possibly it points to Lower Egypt and Sinai, since Double Falcon's name has been found only at these two sites. [6] A second unusual serekh is that of King Hor-Aha. It shows the Horus falcon reaching into the serekh with his claws and holding a mace and a shield, forming the word Aha, meaning "fighter of Horus". The arrangement is ...
Shaft Tomb of Hor (no. 1) north of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III Plan of the tomb of king Hor. At Dahshur, the Shaft-tomb of Hor is located inside the Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat III, reusing and expanding a shaft-tomb originally made for a member of the royal court of Amenemhat III. Ten such shaft-tombs were located north of the pyramid, where ...
However, Seidlmayer (2004) states that it is "a fairly safe inference" that Menes was Hor-Aha. [10] Two documents have been put forward as proof either Narmer or Hor-Aha was Menes. The first is the "Naqada Label" found at the site of Naqada, in the tomb of Queen Neithhotep, often assumed to have been the mother of Horus Aha. [16]
Hor-Aha: Teti Greek form: Athotís. [35] May also be Menes although Narmer is more likely. [33] ... Fled Egypt after Amasis II (who was a general at the time) ...